Their Eyes Were Watching God-Chapters 5 and 6

Who was Joe looking for when he and Janie got to town?

• He was looking for the real estate agent.

• He was looking for the preacher to marry him and Janie.

• He was looking for the doctor.

• He was looking for the mayor.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What were the two names of the town?

• It was called East Maitland and Easton.

• It was called West Maitland and Eatonville.

• It was called Eatontown and South Mainland.

• It was called Eatonland and North Maiton.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Which of the following is not something Joe did when he got to town?

• He bought the town's first automobile.

• He paid cash for 200 acres of land.

• He opened a store and a post office. He bought the town's first street lamp.

• He organized the men to build a road and a drainage ditch.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Joe wanted Janie to look and act very modest and unassuming. He didn't want her "putting on airs" and acting better than the other townspeople.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What was the result of Joe's suggestion that the town incorporate and elect a mayor?

• The townspeople laughed and said the was getting too sophisticated for them.

• The townspeople elected Tony Taylor mayor.

• The townspeople elected Joe mayor.

• They found out there was a law that a black town had to have a white mayor, so they dropped the idea.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

What was Janie's reaction when Joe said she couldn't make a speech?

• She felt cold; his remarks took the bloom off things.

• She was glad, because she didn't want to make a speech.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of Joe's innovations was the first in a colored town?

• It was running water in all of the houses.

• It was the cash register in the store.

• It was the telephone in his house.

• It was the street lamp.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How did Joe's position affect Janie's relationship with other town residents?

• She became "the belle of the ball" and was invited to all of the social functions.

• She couldn't get close to most of them. They felt jealous and awestruck.

• She became a role model for all of the young girls.

• Her popularity helped Joe attract customers to the store and remain as mayor.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Janie was frustrated with trying to do the math required of her in the store.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What did Joe do about the mule?

• He killed it.

• He sold it to a man who was traveling through town.

• He put it out in the woods, hoping it would wander away.

• He bought it and gave it a place to rest.

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