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100
Owns a store with Janie and is abusive at times.
Who is Joe Starks?
100
Where Janie and Tea Cake moved off to and worked in the "muck"
What is The Everglades?
100
"...youse got yo' womanhood on yuh. So Ah mout ez well tell yuh whut Ah been savin' up for uh spell. Ah wants to see you married right away"(12).
Who is Nanny?
100
Learning when and when not fight battles. To be quiet. To have your actions speak louder than your words.
What is strength?
100
This is the entrance from a new life to another. Letting things in or shutting them out.
What is a gate?
200
How did Tea Cake Woods die?
What is Rabies from a dog attack?
200
Where Janie couldn't speak her mind or talk with the townspeople.
What is the Store Porch?
200
"Thank yuh fuh yo' compliments but mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'"(43).
Who is Joe Starks?
200
Being okay with being alone and not staying bitter over the past.
What is independence?
200
Hard-working but pushed around
What is a mule and Janie?
300
Does't believe in love, was raped by her master.
Who is Nanny?
300
Where Nanny decides that Janie is a woman and needs to marry
What is under a blossoming-pear tree in the backyard?
300
"Ah told yo' before dat you got de keys tuh de kingdom. You can depend on dat"(121).
Who is Tea Cake?
300
To be with someone and learn from them. Learn from life and take what you can from it but leave other things behind.
What is life lessons?
300
Edge or limit beyond something. Begins or occurs.
What is Vergible?
400
Old, owns 60 acres of land and represents an anchor.
Who is Logan Killicks?
400
This is in the middle of the town, it is very beautiful, and a Pine Tree grows right here.
What is the Stark's home?
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"(192).
Who is Janie?
400
Leaving the bad behind and being able to make your own decisions.
What is freedom?
400
Equality, blossoms and a bee. Dawn and doom.
What is a pear tree?
500
Man who never took care of his mule. It starved and always ran off.
Who is Matt Bonner?
500
The burial of Tea Cake.
What is Palm Beach?
500
"When you pull down yo' britches, you look lak de change uh life"(79).
Who is Janie?
500
Being able to connect with people in different ways and learning from them and they learn from you.
What is relationships?
500
Excellent at analyzing, understanding, and learning.
What is Crawford?