Quotes
" You better stay inside dis house and git some rest. 'Taint nothin' tuf find out dere nohow."
Janie
What does Tea Cake see when he went outside?
Hoses without roofs and roofs with out houses.
What do the guards tell Tea Cake to sprinkle over the dead bodies?
Quick-lime
What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow?
a loaded pistol.
After the hurricane has subsided, what does a group of white guards force Tea Cake to do?
Force Tea Cake to bury dead bodies.
Why does Tea Cake feel like he was part of a small army?
Because he was forced to clean the town and bury the dead. Similar to the Red Cross or National Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
"Look at they hair, when you cain't tell no other way. And don't lemme ketch none uh ya'll dumpin' white folks, and don't be wastin' no boxes on colored. They's too hard tuh git holt of right now."
The guard.
What kind of illness does Tea Cake suffer from?
Rabies due to a dog bite.
What is the cause of Tea Cake's death?
Janie shoots him.
"Naw, Ah ain't said nothin' uh de kind. Ah wuz tryin' not tuh keep you outa yo' comfortable no longer'n you wanted tuh stay."
Tea Cake
What happened to Motor Boat during the hurricane?
Motor Boat fell asleep in a house and survived.