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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 symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?
(a) The head rag.
(b) The pear blossom.
(c) The spittoon.
(d) The mule.

2. How old is Tea Cake?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 38.

3. Who is Mrs. Turner?
(a) Janie's sister.
(b) Tea Cake's cousin.
(c) The owner of a restaurant in town.
(d) The mayor's wife.

4. How does Janie react to finding Tea Cake with Nunkie?
(a) She leaves Tea Cake.
(b) She rages violently at Tea Cake.
(c) She kills Nunkie.
(d) She ignores the incident.

5. What does Janie "pull in and drape over her shoulder" at the end of the novel?
(a) Her whole life.
(b) A warm blanket.
(c) Tea Cake's sweater.
(d) The horizon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tea Cake die?

2. What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends?

3. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?

4. What does Mr. Turner do when the restaurant is getting torn up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

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

4. How does Tea Cake die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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