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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 teach Janie how to do in the Everglades?

2. When is payday on the muck?

3. When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake?

4. What does Mrs. Turner take pride in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Janie say about the horizon at the end of her story?

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

5. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Which characters in the novel are static? Which characters are dynamic? How do the two different types of characters contribute to the evolution of the story and its central themes?

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