Joe overhears Janie saying that she wishes the people would leave the mule alone because he's been worked to the bone. What does he do afterwards to please his wife?

• He ignores her.

• He goes out and kills .the mule

• He asks Matt to keep the mule at home.

• He buys it from Matt to let it rest.

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Select all the signs Janie began to see when she realized Joe was very sick.

• He falls into his chair instead of sitting.

• He throws up violently.

• His eyes are absent. ,

• He squats over his ankles when he walks.

• He starts to lose his hair

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What was the biggest reason Joe was angry with Janie during the time she realized he was sick?

• She hurt his male pride.

• She hurt his kidneys.

• He didn't have a good reason.

• She was getting too old to be with him.

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Why won't Joe eat any of the food Janie fixes him while he is on his sick bed?

• She can't cook.

• He's allergic to the ingredients.

• He's afraid she's trying to poison him.

• He thinks he deserves store-bought food before he dies.

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If you're more than the regular amount of messy, you could be referred to as a...

• Divided Bedbug

• Subtracted Ant

• Square Root Maggot

• Multiplied Cockroach

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The figure of speech "Janie starched and ironed her face" means...

• She had to get her face together to look like she was in mourning.

• She had to go out and get some plastic surgery so she wouldn't look so old.

• Exactly what it says, she starched and ironed her face like clothes.

• She had to put makeup on her face to look good for her husband's funeral.

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Once Janie becomes a financially independent widow the men start to flock to her, hoping to persuade her. What is her response to them?

• She takes them back to her home for tea.

• She laughs and tells them she doesn't want to give up her freedom

• She listens to all of their advice and then goes to tell Phoeby and Hezekiah about it.

• She begins to cry because it reminds her of her dead husband.

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Okay, Janie meets this tall, cool dude named Tea Cake. What is his real name?

• Vegetable

• Vegito

• Veritable

• Vergible

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Why is it important that Tea Cake invites Janie to play checkers with him?

• It shows that he values her brain and she's not just an object to him.

• He really didn't have anybody else to play with since everyone in town was gone.

• She asked him to play and he didn't want to be impolite since he was in her store.

• He saw her as an object and not a woman who had a brain

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Joe "Jody" Starks respects Janie emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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