Their Eyes...Reading Accountability Chapters 3-6

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

The whole town shows up when Jody buys and installs what first for the town?

• a street lamp

• a fire hydrant

• a radio antenna

• a traffic light

What is the town's favorite subject of gossip and joking around?

• Janie's hair

• Jody's money

• Matt Bonner's mule

• Sam's alligator

What is something Jody forces Janie to do?

• tie up her hair when she's in the store

• wear overalls when she works in the store

• call him "sir" whenever she addresses him in public

• go to church on Sundays with him

Read the following quote from Janie. "Ah'm just as stiff as you is stout. If you can stand not to chop and tote wood Ah reckon you can stand not to git no dinner..." How does Logan respond to Janie's spirited response when he requests that she help him chop wood?

• He beats Janie to break her spirit.

• He insists that Janie is spoiled.

• He refuses to compliment her and finger her hair.

• He complains to Nanny about Janie's upbringing.

Why does Logan travel to Lake City?

• He wants to travel to find a new wife.

• He wants to teach Janie a lesson.

• He goes to buy a second mule for Janie.

• He is seeking to buy more land.

How does Janie get the attention of Joe Starks?

• She let down her long hair.

• She leaned over the gate post so he had to see her.

• She asked him where is he going dressed so stylishly.

• She jerked the handle of the water pump hard enough to make a loud noise.

What is the best description of Logan reaction to "S'posin' Ah wuz to run off and leave yuh sometime?"

• He just rolls over and goes to sleep ignoring her.

• He is resentful and hurt but refuses to allow Janie to see his true feelings.

• He engages in a conversation with Janie about her role as a wife.

• He refuses to engage and worry his gut over her.

"You come heah wid yo' mouf full uh foolishness on uh busy day. Heah you got uh prop tuh lean on all yo' bawn days, and big protection, and everybody got tuh lean on all yo' bawn days, and big protection and everybody got tuh tip dey hat tuh you and call you Mis'Killicks, and you come worryin' me 'bout love."

The above quote is spoken by which character? What does it reveal about the relationship between the two characters involved in the interaction?

• The speaker is Logan. This dialogue reveals the expectations of Logan as a man and husband.

• The speaker is Logan. This dialogue reveals that Janie is naive to the expectations of a wife during this time period.

• The speaker is Phoeby. This dialogue reveals how Phoeby understands a wife's expectations and feels Janie should be satisfied with what Logan can provide her.

• The speaker is Nanny. This dialogue reveals the generational clash between Janie and Nanny.