Their Eyes Were Watching God - Ch. 1-4

In Chapter 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, the women of Eatonville gossip about Janie because _____.

• she gets pregnant before getting married
• she has returned to town after running off with a younger man
• she is cheating on her husband, Joe Starks
• she has gone bankrupt

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Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

• Phoeby
• Nanny
• Logan
• Joe

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How old was was Janie when she realized she was not white?

• 8
• 10
• 6
• 13

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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.

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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

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In Chapter 2 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Nanny makes Janie get married because _____.

• she sees her kissing a boy
• she has gotten pregnant
• Nanny can no longer afford to take care of Janie
• the boy's family is very wealthy 

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In Chapter 3 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to visit her grandmother after she marries Logan because _____.

• Logan is beating her
• she wants to tell her grandmother she is pregnant
• her grandmother is sick
• she is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan

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Choose the correct definition for the vocabulary word, conjectures:

• conclusion based on guesswork
• appearance
• old and crumbling
• otherworldly

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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

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

• resignation
• pugnacious
• dialated
• sodden

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