Why are so many men coming to visit Janie after Joe dies?
They are suitors who want to marry Janie for her money.
100
Where the people of Eatonville glad to see Janie happy with Tea Cake?
No
100
What kind of person is Mrs. Turner?
Mrs. Turner is rude and racist/colorstruck.
100
What did Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow after the doctor had informed her that Tea Cake had rabies?
Loaded pistol
100
Describe Janie's marriage to Logan.
She was unhappy with Logan. He was old and not attractive. He also stopped babying her and wanted her to start working with him on the farm.
200
What was the only change in Janie the townspeople saw after Joe's funeral?
She burned the headrags Joe had forced her to wear.
200
Tea Cake stole $200 from Janie. How did he pay her back?
He gambled and won $322.
200
Why does Mrs. Turner think Janie should marry her brother?
Tea Cake is too dark for a woman as light skinned as Janie. (Mrs. Turner values the Caucasian features of Janie.)
200
What did Janie do after she found Tea Cake's hidden gun?
She turned the gun's barrel, so it would fire 3 times without shooting a bullet. She also hid her own rifle in a corner of the kitchen.
200
Describe Janie's marriage to Joe.
At first, Janie and Joe were happy, but Joe slowly became more controlling. In the end, Janie was not truly upset with Joe's death, because he had prevented her from expressing herself.
300
What game does Tea Cake teach Janie?
Checkers
300
What was Janie and Tea Cake's marriage like?
They met at a train station in Jacksonville and got married at a preacher's house.
300
What happened at Mrs. Turner's restaurant?
The restaurant was full, and there was nowhere for anyone to sit down. Coodemay tried to push Sop-de-Bottom out of his chair. Tea Cake tried to remove Coodemay and Sop-de-Bottom out of the restaurant, but a fight broke out.
300
What were TWO of Tea Cake's rabies symptoms?
Fever
Couldn't swallow water
Delirium
Aggression
Paranoia
Problems sleeping
Fits/seizures
300
Describe Janie's marriage to Tea Cake.
Tea Cake and Janie loved each other. Janie was allowed to be herself. Tea Cake taught Janie how to do lots of things such as play checkers and shoot. He never belittled her.
400
Why did Janie say, "mourning shouldn't last longer than grief?"
She did not want to mourn Joe's death, because she was no longer grieving.
400
How did Tea Cake spend Janie's money?
He had a big party where he bought food and drinks for his co-workers and townspeople. He also bought himself a guitar.
400
What bit Tea Cake, AND how did the event happen?
A dog bit Tea Cake when Tea Cake saved Janie during the hurricane. The dog was on the back of the cow Janie had swam to in order to hold onto it to avoid drowning.
400
Why does Janie kill Tea Cake?
He had rabies and was not thinking properly. He was going to kill Janie.
400
Create a compound sentence about the novel.
IC; IC.
--or--
IC, FANBOYS IC.
500
What were TWO of Janie's concerns about getting into a relationship with Tea Cake?
Tea Cake was 12 younger than her
He didn't look like he had much money
She wasn't sure of his intentions
500
Who is Nunkie?
Nunkie is the chubby, young girl who flirts with Tea Cake. She steals Tea Cake's work tickets, and Janie catches Tea Cake wrestling Nunkie to get the tickets back.
500
Why didn't Tea Cake and Janie leave the Everglades to escape the hurricane earlier?
They believed the dike would hold back the water.
They thought the Seminole Indians were too unintelligent to really know if a hurricane was coming.
They noticed their bosses had not left, so they thought they would be safe.
500
Where is Janie at the end of novel, AND who is she talking to?
Janie is back in Eatonville. She just finished telling Phoeby the story of her life.
500
Create a complex sentence about the novel.
DC, IC.
IC DC.
*DC must begin with subordinating conjunction