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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. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?
(a) Her blue dress.
(b) A photo of Tea Cake.
(c) A pistol.
(d) The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tea Cake want to stay on the muck?

2. When is payday on the muck?

3. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?

4. Where do all the workers from the muck go for fun?

5. What does Mrs. Turner take pride in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

2. What do the workers in the Everglades do for fun?

3. What does Tea Cake do when Janie confronts him about Nunkie?

4. Describe Janie's reaction when Tea Cake beats her.

5. How does Pheoby react to Janie's story at the end of the novel?

6. What does Janie say about the horizon at the end of her story?

7. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

8. What things does Tea Cake do to show his love for Janie?

9. How is the hurricane a metaphor for Janie's life?

10. How does Mrs. Turner react to Janie's snubbing of her?

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