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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is the main character of our novel?
Nanny
Janie
Logan
Leafy
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the town Janie returns to after she loses Tea Cake?
Escondito
Eddyville
Effingham
Eatonville
- 3. Multiple Choice
How does Hurston (our author) establish the setting of the book?
Through the journey of Janie when she comes back into town.
Through the stories of Janie's ex-husbands.
Through the the stories of Janie's grandmother.
Through the journey of Tea Cake as he comes into town.
- 4. Multiple Choice
"The kissing, young darkness became a monstropolous old thing while Janie talked." is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Similie
Metaphor
Analogy
Personification
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did Janie hope to discover once she was married
kindness
loneliness
love
hate
- 6. Multiple Choice
Leafy and the school teacher were:
Janie's parents
Tea Cake's parents
Joe Stark's parents
Nanny's parents
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, the women of Eatonville gossip about Janie because _____.she gets pregnant before getting marriedshe has returned to town after running off with a younger manshe is cheating on her husband, Joe Starksshe has gone bankrupt
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow old was was Janie when she realized she was not white?810613
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character?She is worldly.She is ignorant.Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death.She is naive.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Chapter 1, "women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget." What, then, is the truth?DesireThe DreamLoveThe Journey
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 2 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Nanny makes Janie get married because _____.she sees her kissing a boyshe has gotten pregnantNanny can no longer afford to take care of Janiethe boy's family is very wealthy
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 3 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to visit her grandmother after she marries Logan because _____.Logan is beating hershe wants to tell her grandmother she is pregnanther grandmother is sickshe is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan
- 13. Multiple Choice
ID Fig Lit: "A feeling of coldness and fear took hold of her. She felt far away from things and lonely (Hurston 46).
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
None of the above
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?PhoebyNannyLoganJoe
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Chapter 6, Janie's realized that marriage did not make what?HappinessBest FriendsTrue CommitmentLove
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Janie continually "wait" for in her marriage to Logan?LoveCompatibilityHappinessDesire
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIn Chapter 1, "Janie [was] full of that oldest human longing." What is that?Self-revelationLoveDesireInnocence
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho dreams of the future while lying under a pear tree?Tea CakePhoebyJanieNanny
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho grew up in slavery?Tea CakeJanieNannyJoe
- 20. Multiple ChoiceDialogue written as spoken and specific to a region or social group is called . . .allusiondialectdictionmetaphor
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho only wanted security and a good life for Janie?JoeTea CakeLoganNanny
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho buys Janie a mule so she can help with the work?NannyJoeLoganTea Cake
- 23. Multiple ChoiceJoe convinces Janie to do which of the following?Run off with himWork on the farmHave a baby togetherKill Logan Killicks
- 24. Multiple Choice
From where was Janie returning?
From church
From lunch with the porch sitters
From burying the dead
From Eatonville, FL.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What does Joe intend to do?
Be a reverend.
Have multiple wives.
Become a big man with a big voice.
Become the first black opera singer.
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