Characters
The name of Janie's best friend is...
Who is: Phoeby Watson
The novel begins and ends in the town of...
What is: Eatonville
What Jody, out of jealousy, forces Janie to do
What is: tie up her hair in rags
Janie leaving her marriage exemplifies the theme of...
Who Mrs. Turner tries to set Janie up with
Who is: her light-skinned brother
Janie's three husbands are named...
Who is: Logan Killicks, Jody Starks, and Tea Cake
Where Janie and Tea Cake move; nicknamed "the Muck"
What is: The Everglades
The amount of money Tea Cake took from Janie
What is: $200
Joe's abuse towards Janie exemplifies the theme of...
What is: power and/or control
The name of the young man who works for Janie in the store
Tea Cake's real name is...
What is: Vergible Woods
Where the town primarily "hangs out" in Eatonville
What is: the porch of Joe & Janie's store
What Jody does to Janie after she insults him in front of the other men
What is: he hits her as hard as he can
The townspeople/porch-sitters are exemplifications of the theme of...
What is: community
How Janie’s Black friends act toward her during her trial
Janie and Tea Cake travel with ____ while they are trying to escape the flood.
Who is: Motor Boat
Where Janie has her "coming-of-age" / "becoming a woman" moment in the beginning of the story
Where is: under the pear tree
What the men in Eatonville tease Matt Bonner about
What is: his mule
Mrs. Turner represents the theme of...
What is: racism/internalized racism
During the first week of their marriage, how many times does Tea Cake leave Janie alone for an extended period of time while she worries?
What is: twice
Janie's grandfather was...
What is: A slave owner who raped Nanny
One of the last big scenes in the book happens in this specific building
What is: the Courthouse
The INDIRECT cause of Tea Cake's death
The root doctor exemplifies the theme of...
What is: African culture/tradition
The name of the lake that floods the Everglades
What is: Lake Okechobee