Their Eyes were Watching God Ch. 1-9

What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

• a. The neighbors are all asleep.

• b. The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.

• c. the neighbors are building a barn.

• d. The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.

How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1?

• a. 40.

• b. 25.

• c. 18.

• d. 55.

Who is Janie's best friend?

• a.  Annie.

• b.  Pearl.

• c.  Lulu.

• d.  Pheoby.

What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?

• a.  All of the above.

• b.  Where her boyfriend is.

• c.  Why she has come home.

• d.  Where all her money is.

When does Janie realize she is not white?

• a. When she looks in the mirror.

• b. When the kids at school tease her.

• c. When her grandmother tells her.

• d. When she sees a picture of herself with the white children.

Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?

• a.  Janie talks differently than the other kids.

• b.  Janie makes fun of the other girls.

• c.  Janie gets better grades than them.

• d.  Janie's clothes are better than the other kids' clothes.

How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?

• a.  She married a soldier.

• b.  She spent the night with a white man.

• c.  She was raped by the school teacher.

• d.  Nanny sells her to a white man.

In chapter 2, where does 16-year-old Janie go to ponder her life and dream about love?

• To the red barn behind the school house

• To the pear tree blossoming with flowers and bees in her backyard

• To the hill beyond the cotton fields

• To a secret house in the woods

Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

• Phoeby

• Nanny

• Logan

• Joe

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