Their Eyes Were Watching God: Ch. 5-10

How does Janie feel about being the mayor's wife?

• She is elated to be in this position.

• She feels that it is difficult to be pretty and well dressed all the time, but someone has to do it.

• She believes the other women are jealous of her and desire her husband so that they can take her spot.

• She thinks it is a strain and hopes it will be over soon. She doesn't like how it separates her from the other people in the town.

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What happens when the townspeople ask Janie to make a speech as the newly elected mayor's wife?

• She does so well that her speech receives more compliments than her husband's speech.
• She starts to talk but gets nervous and stutters, eventually making a graceless exit.
• Her husband steps in and says that his wife isn't a speech-making sort of woman.
• She refuses.

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What does Janie do to cope with her feelings of being trapped in a meaningless life and marriage?

• She reads a lot as a way of escaping into an imaginary world.

• She cheats on her husband, Joe, with an attractive younger man known as Tea Cake.

• She spends more and more time with her best friend, Pheoby, and neglects her role as the mayor's wife.

• She pretends to watch herself from a distance—for example, her spirit or imagination will go sit under a tree while her body remains in the store.

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What event in Janie's marriage convinces her that Joe isn't the wonderful man she thought she was marrying?

• Joe slaps her around the kitchen because the dinner she cooks for him isn't good.
• Joe is angry that Janie wanted to save the mule.
• Janie does not keep the house tidy.
• Joe slapped Janie for trying to make a large purchase without him.

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Approximately how long were Janie and Joe married?

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 5 years

• 30 years

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What significant incident changes Joe and Janie's relationship forever?

• Joe refuses to allow Janie to attend the mule's funeral.

• Joe accepts food and advice from others but will not allow Janie to come near him.

• They start sleeping in separate bedrooms.

• Janie stands up for herself and insults Joe's manhood in front of the other men.

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Why is Joe so preoccupied with calling Janie old?

• Joe knows that he's getting old, so he projects his insecurities on Janie (especially because she's still youthful and beautiful).

• Joe is still jealous of other men looking at Janie, so he figures that if he makes her seem old and ugly, they'll stop.

• Joe has become mean. He knows that Janie is self-conscious, so this is a way to hurt her.

• Joe is seeing another woman who is clearly younger and more attractive than Janie.

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What symbolic act does Janie do right after Joe dies?

• Throws a going away party

• Burns her headrags that Joe forced her to wear

• Puts on her mourning white and makes plan to get a new husband

• Opens a new business

Jody does all of the following in Eatonville EXCEPT

• Builds a store

• Buys 200 acres of land

• Establishes a post office

• Makes himself deputy sheriff

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The whole town shows up to celebrate the street lamp, an item that is most likely symbolic of

• Joe appearing to be the creator or god-like

• Janie's role as Joe's wife

• the resurrection of Jesus

• Joe's similarities to Abraham Lincoln

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