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

2. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?

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

4. What does Mrs. Turner take pride in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

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

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

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

5. What do the workers in the Everglades do for fun?

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

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

8. Who is Annie Tyler?

9. How does Tea Cake die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss violence as a theme in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Is it shown in a positive or acceptable light? Explain how Janie's reaction to the violent situations she experiences reveal something about her character. Would the violence in the novel be acceptable today?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the title Their Eyes Were Watching God? What does this title reveal about Janie's journey toward self-realization? Is the title a statement about Janie or other characters? Does the title imply a sense of waiting or searching? How?

Essay Topic 3

The second paragraph of the novel reads, "Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly." Discuss the significance of memory throughout the novel and how this theme is present throughout Janie's story.

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