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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tea Cake do when Janie cannot swim anymore?

2. What does Tea Cake want to protect Janie from?

3. Why does Janie leave the Everglades?

4. How do Tea Cake's friends react to his death?

5. Why does Tea Cake beat Janie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

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

10. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact does the colloquial dialect used in the novel have on the story and how readers relate to the characters? Discuss both the negative and positive effects that the characters' manner of speaking has the development of key elements of the story (e.g. characterization, setting, plot, themes, etc.).

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Janie's perception of her role as a woman compared to that of her grandmother's.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the tone of the novel changes as Janie experiences highs and lows in the story.

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