Janie
What is Janie's situation at the beginning of the book?
She is moving back home
What does the pear tree symbolize?
Desire and love
Who is Janie's best friend?
Phoeby
What do Tea Cake and Janie do after the hurricane is over?
They return to the everglades
What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow?
A pistol
What is Janie's most noticeable physical characteristic?
Her hair
What does the horizon mean?
Control and independence (the search for the future)
After Chapter 1, how is the story told?
Through flashbakcs
What happened during their 4th week in the muck?
Tea Cake has a bad headache, refuses to eat
What does Janie do after she finds the object under Tea Cake's pillow?
She readies her rifle
Why did Janie marry Logan Killicks?
Her Nanny told her to
What do checkers symbolize?
power and abuse
What happens to Nanny shortly after Janie gets married?
She dies
What were Tea Cake's symptoms?
Headache
Chocking
No water
paranoid thoughts
What happens just before Tea Cake dies?
He bites Janie on the arm
How does Janie and Logan's relationship change?
He views her as a workhorse
What does Janie's hair symbolize?
Envy and judgement
Janie thought that she would grow to love her husbands because husbands and wives always loved each other, true or false?
True
What does Janie do after the doctor left?
Goes to try and get him his medicine
What is the outcome of Janie's trial?
She is aquitted
What does Janie do after she meets Joe Starks?
She runs away to marry him
What do the colors of the leaves on the pear trees symbolize?
Green- love
Yellow- identity
What does Janie want more than anything out of marriage?
Love
What does the doctor tell Janie after he examines Tea Cake?
He was bit by a rabid dog, and it's too late to save him, but he will order medicine just in case
What does Janie bring back to Eatonville?
A pack of seeds that Tea Cake wanted to plant