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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

• Phoeby
• Nanny
• Logan
• Joe

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How old was was Janie when she realized she was not white?

• 8
• 10
• 6
• 13

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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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