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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 do the other men feel about Tea Cake's beating Janie?
(a) They feel sorry for Janie.
(b) They are jealous of Tea Cake.
(c) They think Janie deserved it.
(d) They are angry at Tea Cake.

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

3. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?
(a) The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.
(b) A pistol.
(c) Her blue dress.
(d) A photo of Tea Cake.

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

5. What does Tea Cake call the land that he works on?
(a) The glades.
(b) The patch.
(c) The office.
(d) The muck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Tea Cake beat Janie?

3. After finishing her story, Janie tells Pheoby "Ah done been tuh de _________." (Fill in the blank)

4. How old is Tea Cake?

5. Who stays, then flees, with Tea Cake and Janie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tea Cake die?

4. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

5. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

6. What happens to Tea Cake at the card game?

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

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

9. Who is Annie Tyler?

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

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