Setting
Characters
Plot
Quotes
Miscellaneous
100

Everything is "big" and "new" here 

What is the Everglades? 

100

The colored woman who dislikes colored folks

Who is Mrs. Turner?

100

Joe hits Janie because she threatens his ____

What is masculinity?

100

"Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom."

Who is Tea Cake? 

100

The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God 

Who is Zora Neale Hurston? 

200

Where Janie spends most of her time in Eatonville

What is the Store? 

200

The doctor who looks after Tea Cake when he gets sick

Who is Dr. Simmons? 

200

Jody's death gives Janie a sense of ____

What is Freedom? 

200

"I god, Ah ain't even started good. Ah told you in de very first beginnin' dat Ah aimed tuh be uh big voice. You oughta be glad, 'cause dat makes uh big woman outa you." 

Who is Jody?

200

The narrative structure of the book 

What is a Frame Narrative?

(Or omniscient third person)  

300

The time of year when Janie left with Jody

What is Springtime? 

300

Who Janie thinks Tea Cake is cheating on her with

Who is Nunkie?

300

The disease Tea Cake was diagnosed with? 

What is rabies? 

300

"Ah don't want yo' feathers always crumpled by folks throwin' up things in yo' face. And Ah can't die easy thinkin' maybe de menfolks white or black is makin' a spit cup outa you..."

Who is Nanny?

300

The symbolic meaning of the horizon? 

What is hope, opportunities, etc?

400

The most common gathering place in the book

What is the Porch? 

400

Janie's best friend 

Who is Pheoby Watson? 

400
Janie changes this about herself after Jody dies

What is wearing her hair down? 

400

"Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves."

Who is Janie? 

400

The age difference between Janie and Tea Cake

What is 12 years? 

500

Eatonville was the first and only ______ town in America

What is All-Black? 

500

Janie's Mom 

Who is Leafy Crawford? 

500

Tea Cake hides this beneath his pillow when he is sick

What is a pistol? 

500

"Well, if yo' mind is already made up, 'tain't nothin' nobody kin do. But you'se takin' uh awful chance."

Who is Pheoby?

500

Hurston's inspiration for writing the book

What is her love for Percy Punter, who landed a role in one of her stage productions and also had a very large age gap?