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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Authored by Patricia Takach

English

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Meaning: A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things (Hurston 57).

Janie liked helping animals.

Janie valued all life.

Janie recognized Jody was a good man.

Janie's statement is a larger symbolic representation of humanity helping those less fortunate, human and animal.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Meaning: "Let 'em say whut dey wants tuh, Phoeby. To my thinkin' mourning ought'n't tuh last no longer'n grief" (Hurston 93).

Janie thinks people should only wear black mourning clothes for 3 months.

Janie believes that Phoebe is pressuring her to remain a widow.

Janie believes that your outside dress should represent your inner feelings and not be ted to societal expectations. Ex: Black when mourning.

Janie believes people should wear whatever they want depending on how they feel.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Meaning: Tea Cake states, "You'se got de world in uh jug and make out you don't know it. But Ah'm glad tuh be de one tuh tell yuh" (Hurston 104).

Tea Cake thinks Janie is curvaceous.

Tea Cake believes that Janie is a queen and should be respected and honored.

Tea Cake loves sharing his perspective of the world with Janie

Tea Cake constantly seeks to empower Janie to believe in herself and her own abilities.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Meaning: "You done hurt mah heart, now you come wid uh lie tuh bruise mah ears! Turn go mah hands! (Hurston 137).

You've literally wounded me.

Is it not enough that you figuratively hurt me, but now you're insulting me.

He boxed her ears.

She needs a doctor immediately.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Meaning: "No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep" (Hurston 184).

Allow yourself to have an emotional response whenever necessary.

Everything will eventually pass on.

Grief may feel like it will last forever, but it will subside.

Loss stops time.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

Phoeby
Nanny
Logan
Joe

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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