Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters 1-3

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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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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What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?

• a.  Big Mouth.
• b.  Tea Cake.
• c.  Rum Pan.
• d.  Baby Boy.

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What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?

• a.  Johnny Taylor kissing her.
• b.  Janie graduating from high school.
• c.  Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
• d.  Janie leaving home.

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What is the frame narrative of Their Eyes Were Watching God?

FRAME NARRATIVE: a story that wraps around the main story, like a picture frame wraps around a painting

• Janie returns home from time away and sits down to tell her life story to her friend Pheoby

• Janie, old and a grandmother, sits down at the kitchen table to tell her sixteen year old granddaughter the story of her life

• There is no frame narrative. We just start at the beginning of Janie's life and the 3rd person narrator tells us everything that's happened to her.

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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

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Who does Janie marry in chapter 3?

• Joe Starks

• Tea Cake

• Jody Grainger

• Logan Killucks

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What did Janie learn from her first marriage?

• How to love and be loved

• That being a wife is the best feeling in the world

• Marriage does not make love

• Children make marriage complete

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