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Porch Sitters and Janie's Journey

Porch Sitters and Janie's Journey

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

The video discusses the opening chapter of Zora Neale Hurston's novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'. It introduces the setting in Eatonville, Florida, during the 1930s, where a group of women gossip about Janie Starks. Janie's friend Phoebe defends her and they discuss the townspeople's curiosity. The video highlights Hurston's use of regional speech and the themes of judgment and envy. The narrative structure is compared to a Greek drama, setting up a flashback of Janie's life story.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What time of day does the novel open in Eatonville?

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Midnight

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the setting of the novel?

Eatonville, Florida

New York

Chicago

Los Angeles

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the women on the porch gossiping about?

Janie's new car

Janie's cooking skills

Janie's new job

Janie's return to Eatonville

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are the porch sitters suspicious of Janie?

She is wealthy

She returned without Tea Cake

She is new in town

She is unfriendly

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Janie's best friend?

Lulu Moss

Pearl Stone

Mrs. Simpkins

Phoebe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Phoebe bring to Janie?

A book

A gift

Some supper

A letter

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Phoebe warn Janie about?

Changing jobs

Ignoring the townspeople

Moving away

Getting married

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