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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 ask Janie to do in Chapter 14?

2. How long do the people on the muck stay mad at Janie?

3. Where do all the workers from the muck go for fun?

4. Tea Cake tells Janie she is enough to make a man forget to _________. (Fill in the blank)

5. Who is Mrs. Turner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What elements are integral parts of how Hurston defines true love in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the foreshadowing in the novel. What events or passages indicate that something important will happen later in the novel? What themes are presented briefly only to be fully expanded on by future events?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel reveal about the perceptions of blacks about whites, and vice versa, during the time in which the novel is set? Is there a message underlying the interaction between races? Does there seem to be a struggle on the part of certain characters to change how blacks are viewed in society? Use specific examples from the novel to support your answer.

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