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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. Why does Tea Cake beat Janie?
(a) He wants to show the Turners who is boss.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) Janie tries to leave him.
(d) Janie cheats on him.

2. What does Tea Cake ask Janie to do in Chapter 14?
(a) Have a baby with him.
(b) Return to Eatonville alone.
(c) Buy him a car.
(d) Work in the fields with him.

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

4. Why does Janie leave the Everglades?
(a) She meets a new man.
(b) She is run out of town by Tea Cake's friends.
(c) Everything reminds her of Tea Cake.
(d) She gets a job in Orlando.

5. What does Tea Cake teach Janie how to do in the Everglades?
(a) How to shoot.
(b) How to play guitar.
(c) How to cook.
(d) How to sew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?

2. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?

3. Who sends Pheoby to have a talk with Janie about Tea Cake?

4. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

8. Who is Annie Tyler?

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

10. Why do the men get angry at Mrs. Turner?

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