Characters
Quotes
Figurative Language
Misc. 1
Misc. 2
100
This character returns home, worn out and barefoot, and begins to tell her life story on her back porch.
Who is Janie?
100
“T’ain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection. Ah ain’t gittin ole honey. Ah’m done ole. One mornin’ soon now de angel wid de sword gointuh stop by here . De day and de hour is hid from me, but it won’t be long.”
Tell me who said the following quote and explain it.
100
Which form of figurative language does Hurston use when she says Nannie is a “cracked plate”? What do you think this means?
Explain aloud
100
What do the flowers in bloom and the pear tree growing symbolize?
What is Janie becoming a woman?
100
Janie's grandfather fought for this side in the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
200
The character that raised Janie is referred to as _____________.
What is Nanny?
200
"But before ah seen a picture ah thought ah was just like the rest."
Who said that quote? Explain its significance to the story.
200
The sun left his footsteps is an example of _______________.
What is personification?
200
Regional language and slang is known by this term:
What is dialect.
200
The name of the town the story is set in (currently):
What is Eatonville?
300
This character is Janie's best friend
Who is Phoebe?
300
"What's your baby doing with gray eyes and yaller hair?"
Explain how this quote fits into the story.
300
"He's de wind and we'se de grass. We bend which ever way he blows"
Metaphor. Joe Starks. Explain aloud
300
Who is Janie's second husband? Explain why Janie already has a problem with him. 
Joe Starks...explain aloud
300
Eatonville is a town in _______________.
What is Florida?
400
This character was raped by her school teacher and was never the same after that. (I want her specific name)
Who is Leafy?
400
"Ah want to want him sometimes. I don't want him to do all the wantin'."
Who said this quote? How is it significant to the story?
400
"his toe-nails look lak mule foots." What type of figurative language is present here? Explain its significance to the story.
What is simile?
400

"Yeah, but none uh all dis you see and you'se settin' on wasn't here neither, when he come. Give de devil his due."

Joe Starks...Explain aloud. 
400
Janie was teased as a child at school for living with _____________ people.
What is "white people"?
500
Janie's first husband's name was _____________.
What is Logan Killicks?
500
"...and you come worryin' me about love."
Who said it? How is it significant to the story?
500
"Ah'd ruther be shot with tacks than tuh turn over in the bed and stir up de air whilst he is in dere."
What is hyperbole?
500
Nanny gets pregnant while the ______________ is being fought. After the Union army wins and the Emancipation Proclamation becomes a reality, it's supposed to be the end of ___________________. However, it's followed by the _______________ , which caused more inequality, violence and __________________ of black and white.
Civil War, Slavery, Jim Crow Laws, Segregation
500
What is the first and last name of the first boy Janie kisses? What does Nanny demand of Janie after this.
Johnny Taylor...that she gets married. 
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