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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 Mrs. Turner take pride in?
(a) Her good upbringing.
(b) Her cooking.
(c) Her husband's wealth.
(d) Her white features.

2. How does Tea Cake intend to win Janie's money back?
(a) By selling everything he has.
(b) By robbing a bank.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By working all month.

3. What is Tea Cake's job?
(a) Cleaning floors.
(b) Baling hay.
(c) Picking beans.
(d) Herding cattle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tea Cake tells Janie she is enough to make a man forget to _________. (Fill in the blank)

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

3. What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends?

4. Where do Janie and Tea Cake go in Chapter 14?

5. How old is Tea Cake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Janie's suspicions about Tea Cake?

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

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

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

6. What makes the townspeople so mad about Janie seeing Tea Cake?

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

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

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

10. Why does Tea Cake want Janie to work in the fields with him?

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