Their Eyes Were Watching God

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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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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Who does Janie’s grandmother talk her into marrying?

• Vergible Woods

• Logan Killicks

• Jody Starks

• Amos Hicks

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When the novel begins our protagonist is

• A young girl living with her grandmother

• About to marry Logan Killicks

• Arriving in Eatonville with her new husband for the first time

• A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone

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To whom does Janie tell the story of her life?

• The townspeople on the porch

• Her new husband Tea Cake

• Phoeby Watson

• Nobody

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Why does Janie leave her first husband?

• To go to the Everglades with Tea Cake

• To marry Jody Starks and go to Eatonville

• To care for her ailing grandmother

• To search for her missing mother

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What reason does Jody give for excluding Janie from the Mule’s funeral?

• Because such a “common” gathering is unfit for a wife of someone so important

• Because he is afraid she is too weak to handle the sight of the dead mule

• Because she had said she didn’t want to go

• Because he feels she should be working at the store

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What do the townspeople think as Jody grows sicker?

• That Janie is cheating on him

• That his years of high living have finally caught up to him

• That God is punishing him for his sins

• That Janie is poisoning him

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Why does Janie reject so many suitors after Jody’s death?

• Because she is too upset about Jody’s death

• Because she loves her new-found independence

• Because they only want her money

• Because she is secretly dating Tea Cake

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