Knowing the Characters in Their Eyes Were Watching God

When Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character?

• She is worldly.
• She is ignorant.
• Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death.
• She is naive.

According to Chapter 1, "women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget." What, then, is the truth?

• Desire
• The Dream
• Love
• The Journey

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:
The _________________ of the STEM club resulted in a lack of students interested in engineering.

• beglamored
• sanctum
• dissolution
• desecrating

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the blank:
The _______________ behavior of certain dogs causes people to fear them.

• resignation
• pugnacious
• dialated
• sodden

What does the following quotation suggest is wrong with Janie's and Joe's relationship?
"Ah often wonder how dat lit wife uh hisn makes out wid him, 'cause he's uh man dat changes everything, but nothin' don't change him."

• Joe thinks that Janie is cheating on him, but won't change his schedule to spy on her and find out.
• Joe changes everything in the house without giving Janie a chance to give her opinion.
• Joe thinks of his wife as a possession under his control. He doesn't think she has anything to contribute to his plans.
• Janie has big dreams of running away and leaving Joe behind, but Joe has found out and will not allow Janie to be out of his sight.

What does the following quote mean in regards to Joe Starks:
"But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate."

• The people hate to see Joe leave because of everything he has done for their town.
• The people hate that they didn't think of all of the ideas for the town before Joe did.
• No one in the town can stand up against Joe because of his dominating personality. Yet, they come to resent his authority.
• The people of the town hate on Joe because he has the biggest, prettiest home and owns the store.

Why does Janie go home after the town meeting "feeling cold?"

• When the men ask her to make a speech, Joe doesn't let her speak. Joe doesn't acknowledge her as a real person with feelings and opinions.
• When the men ask her to make a speech, she does so. However, she stutters and stumbles over her words and the crowd laughs at her.
• Janie is too embarrassed to make the speech.
• Janie doesn't make the speech, but lies and says she will speak at the next function.

What happens when the townspeople ask Janie to make a speech as the newly elected mayor's wife?

• She does so well that her speech receives more compliments than her husband's speech.
• She starts to talk but gets nervous and stutters, eventually making a graceless exit.
• Her husband steps in and says that his wife isn't a speech-making sort of woman.
• She refuses.

Hurston spends a lot of time describing the goings-on that occur in the space in front of a building—whether that space is a porch or the store front. Which of the following is not an accurate statement regarding that space?

• Town members exchange news, gossip, and other pleasantries in front of the store and on porches.
• The storefront and porches are community meeting places.
• Porches and storefronts provide a space for practicing and celebrating the oral nature of a traditional southern community like the one in Eatonville.
• Women dominate what occurs on porches and in front of the store.

What does Janie lecture about when she finally interjects into a conversation of men?

• She confronts Joe about his insensitivity to her and her opinions.
• Janie tells the men that they ought to get busy doing something productive rather than just sit around stirring up trouble.
• She speaks up specifically in defense of Mrs. Tony, telling the men that they have no business making fun of her.
• Janie tells the men two things: that men don't know half of what they think they know about women and that they ought to be ashamed of themselves for acting so mighty and great when their only competition is women (who are not supposed to stand up to the men)