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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. How much of the two hundred dollars is left when Tea Cake returns home?

2. What is Tea Cake's job?

3. What illness does Tea Cake contract?

4. What does Nunkie do to get Tea Cake's attention?

5. What does Mrs. Turner take pride in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Tea Cake die?

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

8. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

9. Who is Annie Tyler?

10. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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