What symbol of independence or uniqueness does Janie have?
100
"Shut up! Ah wish thunder and lightnin' would kill ya!"
What did Joe say to Janie on his deathbed?
100
Florida
What state is the setting of the novel?
100
flashback
How is the life story of Janie Crawford told?
200
Vergible Woods
Who is Tea Cake?
200
A shady tree
What is the symbol for Janie's life?
200
"...put down dat gun and go back to bed!"
What did Janie say to Tea Cake when he was delirious and very ill?
200
Eatonville
Where did Janie settle with Joe Starks?
200
Phoeby Watson
Who is Janie's best friend?
or
Who listens to Janie's life tale?
300
Hezekiah
Who is Janie's helper in the general store?
300
horizon
What is the symbol for Janie's future?
300
"Ah hope God may kill me if Ah'm lyin. Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom."
What did Tea Cake say to Janie in professing his love for her?
300
Everglades
Where did Janie and Tea Cake spend most of their time?
300
Southern dialect
What is unusual about the conversations in the novel amongst the black people?
400
Johnny Taylor
Who did Nanny see Janie kissing at the gate?
400
Pollinating bees and blooms
What is the symbol for Janie's idea of maturing/ sexual awareness?
400
"Dat's you, Alphabet, don't you know yo' ownself?"
What did Miss Nellie say to Janie when everyone (the Washburns, Nellie, and Janie) looked at the photo taken of all the children?
400
Lake Okechobe
What area contributed to the flooding in the Hurricane of 1928?
400
Porch-sitters
Who are the people who sit on their porches, watch people go by, and make up rumors about them as they gossip? They pass judgement on others they don't know.
500
Zora Neale Hurston
Whi is author of Their Eyes Were Watching God?
500
A bumpy road
What is the symbol for Janie's difficult adult years?
500
"...mah wife don't know nothin' bout no speech-makin'. Ah never married her for nothin' lak dat. She's uh woman and her place is in de home."
What did Joe Starks say about Janie on his election day?
500
Palm Beach
Where was Tea Cake buried?
500
Mule-talkers
What are the men who make fun of Matt Bonner and his yellow mule?