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Which husband leads Janie to run off with him when he promises to treat her like a princess?

Who is Joe Starks

100
Janie get scolded by Nanny for kissing this character in chapter 2
Johnny Taylor
100

The line "Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have baby, it's protection" is spoken by...

What is Nanny

100

How does Joe treat Janie once he becomes mayor?

Controlling and distant

100

What represents Janie's ideal representation of love?

What is the pear tree

200
What is the name of the town Janie and Joe travel to?
What is Eatonville
200
What game does Tea Cake teach Janie to play, even though Joe had forbid it?
checkers
200

The line "You behind a plow! You ain't got no mo' business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!" is spoken by:

What is Joe Starks

200

Where do Janie and Tea Cake move?

the Everglades

200
The front porch in Their Eyes Were Watching God represents ____________.
judgement and/or acceptance
300
Out of Janie's relationships, which man is younger than her?
Who is Tea Cake
300

What does Joe die of in chapter 8?

kidney failure

300

The line "Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah'm lyin'. Nobody else on earth kind hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom" is spoken by:

What is Tea Cake

300

What kind of work do they do in the Everglades?

Pick beans

300

What does the hurricane symbolize?

The hurricane symbolizes nature’s uncontrollable power and fate

400
What did Logan Killicks expect from Janie in their relationship?
What is to work in the field instead of staying in the house.
400

Where does Janie meet Joe for the first time?

walking down the road

400

"it's de color and de features" are more important than poverty, and her statement, "You got mo' nerve than me. Ah jus' couldn't see mahself married to no black man. It's too many black folks already. We oughta lighten up the race"

Who is Mrs. Turner

400

Why does Janie shoot Tea Cake?

He attacks her while rabid

400

The title Their Eyes Were Watching God suggests:

People’s helplessness during the storm and Faith in God's power

500
What two things cause the people of Eatonville to claim that Joe acts white?
What are living in the "big house," and bossing around members of the town
500
To where is Janie returning at the start of the novel (chapter 1)?
Eatonville
500

“Mis’ Janie,” -, “you oughtn’t ’low dat Tea Cake tuh be walkin’ tuh de house wid yuh. Ah’ll go wid yuh mahself after dis, if you’se skeered.”

Who is Hezekiah?

500

How does Janie honor Tea Cake after his death?

She buries him with love and returns home

500

What does the final image of Janie pulling in her horizon mean?

It means she has reached fulfillment and self-understanding.

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