There Eyes Were Watching God: 1-6

What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

• a. The neighbors are all asleep.

• b. The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.

• c. the neighbors are building a barn.

• d. The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.

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Who is Janie's best friend?

• a.  Annie.
• b.  Pearl.
• c.  Lulu.
• d.  Pheoby.

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When does Janie realize she is not white.

• a.  When she looks in the mirror.
• b.  When the kids at school tease her.
• c.  When her grandmother tells her.
• d.  When she sees a picture of herself with the white children.

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What object in nature is symbolic of Janie's sexual awakening?

• a.  A sunrise.
• b.  A sunset.
• c.  A blossoming tree.
• d.  A ripe fruit.

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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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Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

• Phoeby
• Nanny
• Logan
• Joe

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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 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

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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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