Chapter 2 TEWWG

What "discovery" did Janie make make about herself when she was very young?

• She was a proficient reader.

• She was a skilled baker.

• She wasn't white.

• She was abused.

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Why was Janie raised by her grandmother?

• Her father ran off and her mother took to alcohol.

• Both her father and mother died in a railway accident.

• She was found by Nanny, left on the side of the road.

• Nanny stole her away from her parents to give her a better life.

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Who was Janie's grandfather?

• Nanny's first love who died of disease.

• Nanny's school teacher.

• The town clerk.

• The white slave owner.

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Why did Nanny run away from the plantation?

• She wanted to try and find her baby's father.

• The war had ended and her slave owners had both died.

• The wife of the slave owner was threatening to kill her.

• She didn't run away but was kicked out.

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Why did Nanny want Janie to marry Logan Killicks?

• She wanted her to have a life that she didn't have.

• She wanted her to be safe and secure.

• She wanted her to break the patterns of her mother.

• All of the above.

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What does Nanny mean when she says that she is a "cracked plate"?

• She is an elderly women who has been through a great deal in her life. She needs to be handled kindly.

• She is not fully in her right mind and therefore it is cracked and fragile.

• She is done putting up with Janie's stupidity.

• She is hardened to any thoughts or ideas of love.

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What is the event that ends Janie's childhood?

• She runs away with a young boy to be married.

• She is found kissing Johnny Taylor.

• She has to take on more responsibilities at the Washburn home.

• Nanny dies.

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Who was Janie's father?

• The owner of the plantation.

• A town clerk.

• The Washburn's son.

• A school teacher

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Who does Nanny say is the "mule of de' world"?

• White women

• White men

• Black women

• Black men

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What object occupies and shapes Janie's ideas of love?

• A bumblebee

• The pear tree

• The moon

• A book