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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 Janie hide behind the stove?

2. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?

3. Who does Mrs. Turner want Janie to marry?

4. When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake?

5. What color does Janie start wearing in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Annie Tyler?

10. How does Tea Cake die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the characters in the novel presented as foils of one another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the novel and Janie's story could be viewed as an inspiration to women.

Essay Topic 3

It can be said that Their Eyes Were Watching God captures the importance of oral history and the oral tradition in African American culture. What elements of the story support this?

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