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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 tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?
(a) Safety.
(b) Love.
(c) Fame.
(d) Money.

2. What does Mr. Turner do when the restaurant is getting torn up?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He runs home.
(c) He helps his wife clean up.
(d) He sits in the corner and smokes a pipe.

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

4. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?
(a) Joe Starks.
(b) Annie Tyler.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Pheoby Watson.

5. How much of the two hundred dollars is left when Tea Cake returns home?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) Twelve dollars.
(d) All of it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Janie hide behind the stove?

4. How does Pheoby feel after Janie is done talking in Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

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

5. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

7. Compare Tea Cake's funeral to Joe Starks'.

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

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

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

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