This item was proudly displayed in the town. It represents vanity.
What is the lamp post?
100
This is practiced at the time of death. It typically involves dressing in black clothing.
What is mourning?
100
This is the first owner of the yella mule.
Who is Matt Bonner?
100
Janie's friend who listens to her story.
Who is Pheoby Watson?
100
This is the number of times Janie has been married up to chapter ten.
What is 2?
200
Hurston exhibits this by Joe requiring that Janie tie her hair up in public.
What is power, control, or domination?
200
A container to spit in to
What is a spitoon?
200
A mule makes this sound.
What is hee haw (or nay or whinny) ?
200
This character works in the store. They are a great help to Janie after Joe's death.
Who is Hezekiah?
200
This term is commonly associated with gossiping. It is also descriptive of where the gossip takes place.
What is porch talk?
300
These are commonly seen when a death has happened.
What are buzzards?
300
To desire harm to another
What is malice?
300
Janie compared Joe to this person for purchasing the mule.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This character first enters Janie's story in chapter 10.
Who is Tea Cake or Vergible Woods?
300
"You come heah wid yo' mouf full uh foolishness on uh busy day. Heah you got uh prop tuh lean on all yo' bawn days, and big protection, and everybody got tuh tip dey hat tuh you..."
Who is Nanny?
400
These are the colors common associated with royalty or power.
What is red, purple, or gold?
400
To weaken or to castrate
What is emasculate?
400
This is an example of a mule lie.
What is pushed open Lindsay's kitchen door and slept in the place one night and fought until they made coffee for his breakfast? (various answers)
400
This character is referred to as a "two headed cockroach".
Who is the root doctor?
400
Joe is looking for this person when he and Janie first arrive in Eatonville.
What is the mayor?
500
These serve as a representation of Janie's dream throughout the novel.
What is the pear tree (or bees and blooms)?
500
This person is believed to have lived for 969 years. They are often used to refer to someone as old?
Who is Methuselah?
500
This is a term that is used to define the mule's "funeral"
What is dragging out?
500
This character is married to Janie's best friend. They are a source of support to Janie while Joe is dying.