TEWWG Ch 1-5 quiz

The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's ........................... on board."  (Fill in the blank)

• a.  Wish.
• b.  Sorrow
• c.  Cargo.
• d.  Wife.

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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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All of the following are true of Janie's grandmother EXCEPT...

• She was a slave

• The father of her child was a white slave owner

• She ran away to escape slavery

• Her husband died fighting in the Civil War

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What does Jody Starks ask Janie to do shortly after they first meet?

• Run away with him and get married

• Go on a date with him to the movies

• Come over to his house and meet his parents

• Come work on his farm

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What happens on the day that Janie decides to leave her first husband?

• She has a huge fight with him and he threatens to kill her

• Absolutely nothing; he didn't suspect a thing

• Her new boyfriend beat up her husband and took her away

• Janie had a nightmare about the future that makes her sure that it's the right decision

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Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?

• Phoeby
• Nanny
• Logan
• Joe

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Where are Joe and Janie headed at the end of chapter 4?

• New York - the big apple to make their voices big

• to the all black community Joe heard about

• Georgia to find a house

• to Janie's grandmother's grave to pay their respects

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Why does Janie go home after the town meeting "feeling cold?"

• When the men ask her to make a speech, Joe doesn't let her speak. Joe doesn't acknowledge her as a real person with feelings and opinions.
• When the men ask her to make a speech, she does so. However, she stutters and stumbles over her words and the crowd laughs at her.
• Janie is too embarrassed to make the speech.
• Janie doesn't make the speech, but lies and says she will speak at the next function.

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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Why do some residents of Eatonville begin to resent Jody?

• he's grown rich off of them and lives in a big house

• he unfairly punishes people for breaking the law

• he is slow in delivering everyone's mail

• everyone knows he is unfaithful to Janie

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