Their Eyes Were Watching God Review

What happens when Janie ruins her cooking one night?

• Jody forgives her and says she's too hard on herself

• Jody hits her

• Jody yells that she's always wasting their time and money

• Nothing really, because she's never been a great cook

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What is something Jody forbids Janie from doing?

• spitting in a spitting pot

• handling money in the store

• gossiping and joking with the others in town

• buying clothes

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What does Janie feel at her Joe's funeral?

• On the outside she is a grieving widow, but on the inside she is happy to be free.

• She is devastated that her husband has died.

• She is ready to marry the new mayor of the town.

• She doesn't know how to feel.

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What does Jody force Janie to do after he sees other men looking at her?

• Stay at home every weekend

• Never talk to another man

• Wear a veil over her face

• Tie her hair up in head-rags

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What reason does Jody give for excluding Janie from the Mule’s funeral?

• Because such a “common” gathering is unfit for a wife of someone so important

• Because he is afraid she is too weak to handle the sight of the dead mule

• Because she had said she didn’t want to go

• Because he feels she should be working at the store

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Why does Janie reject so many suitors after Jody’s death?

• Because she is too upset about Jody’s death

• Because she loves her new-found independence

• Because they only want her money

• Because she is secretly dating Tea Cake

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What does Janie realize about her feelings towards Nanny after Joe dies?

• Janie hates her.

• Janie misses her.

• Janie wishes she could talk to her again.

• Janie was afraid of her.

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What one event is destroys Janie & Joe's marriage?

• Joe's refusal to allow Janie to attend the mule's funeral

• Joe's decision to accept help from others but not from Janie

• The fact that Janie and Joe now sleep in separate rooms

• Janie's decision to stand up for herself and criticize Joe's "manhood" in public

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In Chapter 5, when the crowd asked Janie to speak, Joe refused and told them that Janie's "place" was where?

• By her man's side

• In the kitchen

• In the shop

• In the home

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Why does Janie decide to sell the store and leave town with Tea Cake?

• He would forever be compared to Joe Starkes and the town would never accept them as a couple.

• Tea Cake has a great job in Jacksonville that pays a lot of money.

• Janie never liked Eatonville.

• The people in the town decide Tea Cake cannot stay.

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