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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. How long do the people on the muck stay mad at Janie?
(a) Six years.
(b) Two days.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tea Cake?

2. What symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?

3. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?

4. What does Janie "pull in and drape over her shoulder" at the end of the novel?

5. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Tea Cake die?

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

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