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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tea Cake from?
(a) Tampa.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Maitland.

2. What is Tea Cake's given name?
(a) Logan Killicks.
(b) Vergible Woods.
(c) Sam Smith.
(d) Sam Malone.

3. What does Janie eat for dinner in Chapter 1?
(a) Vegetable stew.
(b) Turkey and dressing.
(c) A ham sandwich.
(d) Mulatto rice.

4. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?
(a) He is afraid she will get too upset.
(b) He says it is beneath her.
(c) He says she needs to tend the store.
(d) He wants her to be jealous.

5. What does Janie like about the store?
(a) The conversations on the porch.
(b) The people who visit her.
(c) That she gets to work with Joe.
(d) The independence she feels by running the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of most of the jokes told on the porch?

2. What time of day is it when the novel begins?

3. What is a "pound of knuckle pudding"?

4. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?

5. What does Logan want Janie to do while she is making breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Janie's appearance.

2. How does Logan seem to feel about the possibility of Janie leaving him?

3. How does Janie feel about Nanny in Chapter 9?

4. Describe the scene that occurs in the store in Chapter 7.

5. Why does Nanny want Janie to get married?

6. Describe Logan as Janie sees him.

7. Explain how Janie earns the name "Alphabet."

8. Describe Joe Starks' appearance.

9. What does Janie do immediately after Joe dies?

10. How does Janie feel about marrying again after Joe is gone?

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