Vocabulary
resignation
stepping down from a job or accepting an unpleasant but inevitable situation.
who took care of Janie?
Nanny
Where did Janie’s Nanny live?
West Florida.
"These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human. They became lords of sounds and lesser things. They passed nations through their mouths. They sat in judgment."
Dress picked out by Tea Cake for Janie.
Blue satin dress.
sodden
soaked
Who was Janie’s bestfriend?
Pheoby Watson
Where did Janie get married to Tea Cake?
Jacksonville.
"'Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think. Ah . . .'"
Chapter 3, Page 23.
This is where Nanny takes Leafy, herdaughter, after she runs away from Georgia.
West Florida.
treacherous
not trusted or dangerous.
Who is the main character?
Janie Starks
Janie and Tea Cake went to? to get away from the hurricane. ...
West Palm Beach.
"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches."
Chapter 2, Page 8.
Janie wants to be in bloom like a?
Pear tree.
incorporate
is to include or integrate a part into the whole.
Who was Janie’s second husband?
Joe Starks
Janie and Tea Cake return to the? after the hurricane does its damage.
Everglades.
"'Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments, but mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech- makin'.. Ah never married her for nothin' lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home.'"
Chapter 5, Page 40-1.
An overworked, helpless animal--a situation Janie relates to while with Joe.
mule.
desecrate
to treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect.
Who was Janie third husband?
Tea Cake
Where did she go to use her experience?
Eatonville.
"Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge. He didn't want her talking after such trashy people."
Chapter 6, Page 50.
Janie dislikes the business of running the?
Store.