Black Autonomy
Racism
Power
Zora Neale Hurston
Who Said It?
100
Name two things that Joe Starks built for the town. 
What is a post office and a town store? 
100
Racism is the central theme of the novel. True or false. 
What is false?
100
This man placed the most emphasis on equality and equal power in his relationship with Janie. 
Who is Tea Cake? 
100
The name of the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. 
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
100

"ometimes God gits familiar wid us womenfolks too and talks His inside business" 

What did Janie say? 
200
The novel portrays a black mayor whose name is _____. 
Who is Joe Starks? 
200
Janie expereiences many forms of racism from a young age and is raised with a white family and in a white town. Janie is a black women but she is also ____ white. 
What is 1/4 or 25%? 
200
How did Joe gain power? 
What is becoming the mayor? 
200
Her parents were both slaves but her father was also a what. 
What is a pastor? 
200

"heah you is wid the onliest organ in tow, amongst colored folks, in yo' parlor. Got a house bought and paid for sixty acres uh land right on the big road and...Lawd have mussy!" 

What did Nanny say? 
300
The town that Janie grew up in. 
What is Eatonville?
300
Mrs. Turner becomes good friends with Janie because _____. 
What is that she believes Janie is superior to the other black people around her?
300
Nanny's idea of how to gain power. 
What is marrying a wealthily man to not have to worry about financial obligations? 
300
Where Hurston wrote this novel. 
What is Haiti? 
300

“Listen, Sam, if it was nature, nobody wouldn’t have tuh look out for babies touchin’ stoves, would they? ’Cause dey just naturally wouldn’t touch it. But dey sho will. So it’s caution.” “Naw it ain’t, it’s nature, cause nature makes caution. It’s de strongest thing dat God ever made, now. Fact is it’s de onliest thing God every made. He made nature and nature made everything else.”

What did Lige Moss say? 
400
Janie's role in the all black town. 
What is running the store of the town? 
400
Mrs. Turner uses what to defend herself being associated with the "dominant race?"
What is her facial features? 
400
A physical trait of Janie that is used to represent her strength and power. 
What is Janie's hair and beauty? 
400
The front of her grave said. 
What is nothing? 
400

"Naw, Ah ain’t no young gal no mo’ but den Ah ain’t no old woman neither. Ah reckon Ah looks mah age too. But Ah’m uh woman every inch of me, and Ah know it. Dat’s uh whole lot more’n you kin say. You big-bellies round here and put out a lot of brag, but ‘tain’t nothin’ to it but yo’ big voice. Humph! Talkin’ ‘bout me lookin’ old! When you pull down yo’ britches, you look lak de change uh life."

What did Janie Crawford say? 
500
The amount of money that Joe Starks claimed to have to build his town. He tells this number to Janie. 
What is 300$? He buys the land for the town with 200$. 
500
An individual living in Eatonville said that black autonomy is impossible because _________. 
"Colored folks are too envious of one another. We talk about the white man bringing us down but we just bring each other down."
500
Janie believes that men get their power from _______ instead of materialistic possessions. 
What is experiences? 
500
Famous writers that was one of Hurston's closest friends. 
Who is Langston Hughs? 
500
"If you know what's good for you, you better shut your mouth up until somebody calls you." 
What did Mr. Prescott say?
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