TEWWG ch. 3-4 Reading Quiz

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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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Logan say that he and Nanny have done to Janie?

• a.  Raised her from birth.
• b.  Spoiled her.
• c.  Ruined her appetite.
• d.  Beaten her.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Logan go to Lake City?

• a.  To look at some land.
• b.  He's having an affair.
• c.  To get a new plow.
• d.  To buy a mule.

What does Joe ask Janie to do?

• a.  Leave Logan and marry him.
• b.  Mend his socks.
• c.  Cut her hair off.
• d.  Kill her husband.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the following quote, what do "far horizons" symbolize?

"Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance. Still she hung back. The memory of Nanny was still powerful and strong" (Hurston).

• Janie's childhood

• The East and West coast

• Freedom and opportunity

• Eatonville

In the moments after leaving Logan Killicks, Hurston writes that Janie had, “A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her. Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good. The morning road air was like a new dress.” (Hurston). What might the simile of a “new dress” represent?

• Expensive silk

• Another opportunity

• Warmth

• Family heirlooms