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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake?
(a) Once she has a baby.
(b) As soon as Tea Cake gets a job.
(c) At dawn.
(d) As soon as she can sell the store.

2. What symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?
(a) The mule.
(b) The head rag.
(c) The spittoon.
(d) The pear blossom.

3. What does Tea Cake call the land that he works on?
(a) The patch.
(b) The muck.
(c) The glades.
(d) The office.

4. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?
(a) Oranges and lemonade.
(b) Milk and cookies.
(c) Ice cream and coffee.
(d) Pound cake and lemonade.

5. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?
(a) The Seminoles tell her.
(b) Tea Cake tells her.
(c) She hears about it on the radio.
(d) She sees the storm coming in the sky.

6. Why don't the police make many arrests when the workers get drunk in town?
(a) There isn't enough jail space.
(b) They are afraid of the blacks.
(c) They can't find anyone to arrest.
(d) They are too lazy.

7. Who sends Pheoby to have a talk with Janie about Tea Cake?
(a) Matt Bonner.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Dr. Lawrence.
(d) Sam Watson.

8. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?
(a) He thinks Janie is too good for Tea Cake.
(b) He thinks Tea Cake is a criminal.
(c) He thinks Tea Cake is a good man.
(d) He is jealous of Tea Cake.

9. Where do Janie and Tea Cake go in Chapter 14?
(a) The Everglades.
(b) Eatonville.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Orlando.

10. What does Tea Cake say that Nunkie did to draw him away from the crowd in the fields?
(a) She took his working tickets.
(b) She made the job foreman move him.
(c) She told him he was supposed to work in another area.
(d) She threw his hat across the field.

11. How much of the two hundred dollars is left when Tea Cake returns home?
(a) Twelve dollars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) All of it.
(d) 100 dollars.

12. Who stays, then flees, with Tea Cake and Janie?
(a) Sop-de-Bottom.
(b) Stew Beef.
(c) Motor Boat.
(d) Pheoby.

13. How is Nunkie's appearance described?
(a) Nunkie is chunky.
(b) Nunkie is white.
(c) Nunkie looks like a movie star.
(d) Nunkie is tall and thin.

14. How do Tea Cake's friends react to his death?
(a) They do not know he is dead.
(b) They try to help Janie escape.
(c) They are glad he is gone.
(d) They are angry at Janie and want her prosecuted.

15. Why does Tea Cake want to stay on the muck?
(a) He does not want to lose a day of work.
(b) He does not want to leave Janie.
(c) He is not afraid of hurricanes.
(d) He does not like moving around.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion overtakes Janie in Chapter 15?

2. How does Pheoby feel after Janie is done talking in Chapter 20?

3. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?

4. What does Nunkie do to get Tea Cake's attention?

5. How do the other men feel about Tea Cake's beating Janie?

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