QUOTES
Which character said the following quote: "t'ain't no use in getting all mad, Janie, 'cause ah mention you ain't no young gal no mo'. Nobody in heah ain't lookin' for no wife outa yuh. old as you is"
Jody speaking to Janie
Janie's grandmother insists that she marry this man because she will die soon and Janie will need someone to take care of her.
Logan
The influential author of African-American literature who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
Left her husband for another man. After her second lover passed away, she finally met her true love.
Janie
The Teacake teaching Janie ______ symbolizes equality in their relationship.
Checkers
Which character said the following quote: "Janie, everybody's talkin' 'bout how dat Tea Cake is draggin' you round tuh places you ain't used tuh. Baseball games and huntin' and fishin'. He don't know you'se useter uh more high time crowd than dat. You always did class off."
Pheoby speaking to Janie
Who is Janie telling her life story to?
Pheoby
The state in which the heart of the Harlem Renaissance was located.
New York
His real name is Vergible Woods
Tea Cake
"She was stretched on her back beneath the ________ soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her."
Pear tree
Which character said the following quote: "Ah hates tuh see folks lak me and you mixed up wid 'em. Tain't de poorness, it's de color and de features. Who want any lil ole black baby layin' up in de baby buggy lookin' lak uh fly in buttermilk?"
Mrs. Turner speaking to Janie
This event liberates Janie from a relationship filled with tyranny which demanded her to be someone she was not.
Joe Starks' death
This major event that led to the end of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Great Depression
This person likes/only talks to Janie because Janie is light skinned and looks less like an African American. She thinks she is better than every other African American because she has "white features" such as small lips and a flat bottom.
Mrs. Turner
Symbolizes hope and Janie’s pursuit of happiness
The Horizon
Which character said the following quote: "Ah done lived grandma's way, now ah means tuh live mine"
Janie
How did Tea Cake end up dying?
Janie is forced to shoot and kill him, before he shoots her.
In response to their harsh treatment in the south, between 1910 and 1930, African-American families migrated to Northern cities in multitudes; this is referred to as The _________ ____________.
The Great Migration
She forces Janie to get married. She dies soon after Janie marries Logan.
Nanny
Janie's _____ represents her femininity and freedom. It is her identity, her unique tribute as a beautiful woman.
Hair
Which character said the following quote: "Heah you is wid de onliest organ in town, amongst colored folks, in yo’ parlor. Got a house bought and paid for and sixty acres uh land right on de big road and…Lawd have mussy! Dat’s de very prong all us black women gits hung on. Dis love!"
Nanny speaking to Janie
What event spurs Nanny to seek protection for Janie in the form of a solid, respectable husband?
Johnny Taylor kisses Janie
It was in this ten year period that the Harlem-Renaissance occurred.
1920's-1930's
Janie's second husband. The mayor of Eatonville.
Jody Starks
This is the symbol of the powerful fury of nature, the opposite reflection of the pear tree.
The Hurricane