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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do all the workers from the muck go for fun?
(a) The swamp.
(b) The general store.
(c) Tea Cake and Janie's house.
(d) The local bar.

2. When is payday on the muck?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

3. How does Pheoby feel after Janie is done talking in Chapter 20?
(a) She is jealous.
(b) She is mad at Janie.
(c) She wants to move away.
(d) She's not satisfied with herself anymore.

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

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

6. What does Janie "pull in and drape over her shoulder" at the end of the novel?
(a) Tea Cake's sweater.
(b) Her whole life.
(c) The horizon.
(d) A warm blanket.

7. What does Tea Cake do when he returns to the store that melts Janie's decided coldness toward him?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He brings her flowers.
(c) He buys all the sodas she has in the store.
(d) He plays an imaginary guitar.

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

9. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?
(a) They are mad about it.
(b) They think Tea Cake should be mayor.
(c) They think Janie is taking advantage of Tea Cake.
(d) They want them to get married.

10. What happens to the money Janie has hidden in her dress?
(a) Tea Cake hides the money from Janie.
(b) Tea Cake takes the money and goes out on the town to see what it is like to be rich.
(c) Tea Cake buys Janie a dress with it.
(d) Janie buries the money under her house.

11. Why does Mrs. Turner like Janie?
(a) Because Janie is from Eatonville.
(b) Because Janie visits the restaurant every day.
(c) Because Janie is fair-skinned.
(d) Because Janie has money.

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

13. What do the men who work with Tea Cake think of Mr. Turner?
(a) They respect him.
(b) They are jealous of him.
(c) They think he's scared of his wife.
(d) They think he is cruel to his wife.

14. What emotion overtakes Janie in Chapter 15?
(a) Love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

15. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?
(a) Joe Starks.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Annie Tyler.
(d) Pheoby Watson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie hide behind the stove?

2. How is Nunkie's appearance described?

3. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?

4. What happens to Tea Cake as he and Janie are trying to get out of the water?

5. What is Tea Cake's job?

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