Their Eyes Were Watching God Review

What happens when Janie ruins her cooking one night?

• Jody forgives her and says she's too hard on herself

• Jody hits her

• Jody yells that she's always wasting their time and money

• Nothing really, because she's never been a great cook

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

What does Janie feel at her Joe's funeral?

• On the outside she is a grieving widow, but on the inside she is happy to be free.

• She is devastated that her husband has died.

• She is ready to marry the new mayor of the town.

• She doesn't know how to feel.

What does Jody force Janie to do after he sees other men looking at her?

• Stay at home every weekend

• Never talk to another man

• Wear a veil over her face

• Tie her hair up in head-rags

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

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

What does Janie realize about her feelings towards Nanny after Joe dies?

• Janie hates her.

• Janie misses her.

• Janie wishes she could talk to her again.

• Janie was afraid of her.

What one event is destroys Janie & Joe's marriage?

• Joe's refusal to allow Janie to attend the mule's funeral

• Joe's decision to accept help from others but not from Janie

• The fact that Janie and Joe now sleep in separate rooms

• Janie's decision to stand up for herself and criticize Joe's "manhood" in public

In Chapter 5, when the crowd asked Janie to speak, Joe refused and told them that Janie's "place" was where?

• By her man's side

• In the kitchen

• In the shop

• In the home

Why does Janie decide to sell the store and leave town with Tea Cake?

• He would forever be compared to Joe Starkes and the town would never accept them as a couple.

• Tea Cake has a great job in Jacksonville that pays a lot of money.

• Janie never liked Eatonville.

• The people in the town decide Tea Cake cannot stay.