Characters & Settings
What is the name of Janie's best friend?
Pheoby Watson
Where do Janie and Pheoby sit when Janie shares her story with Pheoby?
On Janies back porch
Leaves - Logan Killicks
Runs off with - Joe Starks
After arriving in Eatonville, people mistake Janie for Joe's...
Daughter
Mah fust wife never bothered me ’bout choppin’ no wood nohow. She’d grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man (26).
Logan Killicks
What is the name of the town where our story starts, and eventually ends?
Eatonville, Florida
What kind of job does Logan Killicks have?
He is a farmer
What disease does Tea Cake get after the hurricane?
Rabies from a dog bite
False, Joe buys the mule
Dat’s just whut Ah wants to say, Jody. You wouldn’t listen. You done lived wid me for twenty years and you don’t half know me atall. And you could have but you was so busy worshippin’ de works of yo’ own hands (86).
Janie
Name all of Janie's husbands in order
Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, Tea Cake Woods
Who is the woman in the Glades that does not like Tea Cake and tries to get Janie to leave him?
Mrs. Turner
Name two of the three things Joe buys when he and Janie arrive in Eatonville...
1. Store/Post Office 2. Street Lamp 3. 200 acres of land
True or False: Joe and the people of Eatonville believe Janie is poisoning him.
True
Janie, youse got yo’ womanhood on yuh. So […] Ah wants to see you married right away (12).
Nanny
Where does Tea Cake take Janie to live? aka the crop land of the Everglades
da muck
What part of Janie’s body does Joe Starks insist that Janie cover up while she works in the store?
Her hair
How did Tea Cake die? What happens to Janie after Tea Cake dies?
Janie shot him in self-defense; she is found not guilty by an all-white jury
What does the doctor whom Janie hires say that Joe Starks is most likely suffering from?
Kidney Failure
Tea Cake, put down dat gun and go back tuh bed! (184).
Janie
This character guides Janie in the beginning and becomes someone she regrets later in life.
Nanny
What does Tea Cake show Janie to do when they move to the Everglades?
How to shoot a gun
In chapter 14, Tea Cake takes Janie's money. What does he spend his money on? How much does he bring back?
Brings back $12; spent the rest on a guitar and a party
What does Janie burn after Joe dies?
All of her head scarves
Janie, everybody’s talkin’ ’bout how dat Tea Cake is draggin’ you round tuh places you ain’t used tuh. […] He don’t know you’se useter uh more high time crowd than dat. You always did class off (112).
Pheoby Watson