Their Eyes Were Watching God (Chapters 5-7)

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 is something Jody forbids Janie from doing?

• spitting in a spitting pot

• handling money in the store

• gossiping and joking with the others in town

• buying clothes

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What is something Jody forces Janie to do?

• tie up her hair when she's in the store

• wear overalls when she works in the store

• call him "sir" whenever she addresses him in public

• go to church on Sundays with him

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The whole town shows up when Jody buys and installs what first for the town?

• a street lamp

• a fire hydrant

• a radio antenna

• a traffic light

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What does Janie do in Eatonville?

• a.  She sells cakes and pies from her home.
• b.  She manages the store.
• c.  She quilts with the other women.
• d.  She is a nanny for a white family.

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What does Janie like about the store?

• a.  That she gets to work with Joe.
• b.  The people who visit her.
• c.  The conversations on the porch.
• d.  The independence she feels by running the store.

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What is the subject of most of the jokes told on the porch?

• a.  Women.
• b.  Janie's hair.
• c.  Joe's clothes.
• d.  Matt Bonner's mule.

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Why does Joe buy the mule?

• a.  He wants to impress the other men.
• b. He wants Janie to take care of the mule.
• c.  He needs the mule to work his land.
• d.  He overhears Janie saying that the mule needs rest.

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Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?

• a.  Logan Killicks.
• b.  Abraham Lincoln.
• c.  King Solomon.
• d.  Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?

• a.  He makes her tie up her hair when she is in the store.
• b.  He makes her mop the floors of the store.
• c.  He makes her wear an ugly dress.
• d.  He makes her stay in the house all day.

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