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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 pistol.
(c) A photo of Tea Cake.
(d) The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.

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

3. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?
(a) He thinks Janie is too good for Tea Cake.
(b) He thinks Tea Cake is a good man.
(c) He thinks Tea Cake is a criminal.
(d) He is jealous of Tea Cake.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men who work with Tea Cake think of Mr. Turner?

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

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

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

5. Where do the workers go to escape the storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the events that take place during the hurricane.

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

7. How does Tea Cake die?

8. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

9. What does Janie tell Pheoby about marriage in Chapter 12?

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

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