Their Eyes Were Watching God; Reading Quiz Ch. 7-18

"...her emotional disturbances like shade patterns in the woods-come and gone with the sun.  She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy..."
What does this show is missing from Janie and Joe's marriage?

• Love
• Material items
• A Pet
• Nothing.  They had everything they wanted

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

When Jody began insulting Janie about her age, who did he compare her to in Chapter 7?

• Eve
• Phoebe
• Mrs. Turner
• Methusala

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CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In Chapter 8, how long had Janie and Joe been married?

• 17 years
• 20 years
• 7 years
• 35 years

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How long did Joe wait to seek "real" medical attention from a "real" doctor?

• 6 months
• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 weeks

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"So Janie began to think of Death. Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West."
What literary element is "Death"?

• Oxymoron
• Antithesis
• Personification
• Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Here Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon - for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you - and pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter's neck tight enough to choke her."
According to this excerpt, how did Janie feel about Nanny?

• Resentful
• Sorrowful
• Prideful
• Joyous

According to Jaine, "mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n ______."

• love
• fear
• grief
• happiness

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was Janie insecure about when Tea Cake first started courting her?

• his financial means
• their age difference
• the opinion of the town's people
• She did not worry about anything.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

What does the following quote say about Janie's attitude?
"Dis ain't no business proposition, and no race after property and titles.  Dis is uh love game.  Ah done lived Grandma's way, now Ah means tuh live mine."

• She is her own woman now.
• She wants to go back to Logan.
• She appreciates Nanny's influence on her.
• It said nothing about her.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Tea Cake spend Janie's money that he stole on?

• dinner
• a guitar
• a party
• a new dress for Janie

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.K.3