WorksheetsTEWWG 1 - 4
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In Chapter 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, the women of Eatonville gossip about Janie because _____.
a)
she gets pregnant before getting married
b)
she has returned to town after running off with a younger man
c)
she is cheating on her husband, Joe Starks
d)
she has gone bankrupt
2.
Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?
a)
Phoeby
b)
Nanny
c)
Logan
d)
Joe
3.
How old was was Janie when she realized she was not white?
a)
8
b)
10
c)
6
d)
13
4.
When Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character?
a)
She is worldly.
b)
She is ignorant.
c)
Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death.
d)
She is naive.
5.
In Chapter 2 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Nanny makes Janie get married because _____.
a)
she sees her kissing a boy
b)
she has gotten pregnant
c)
Nanny can no longer afford to take care of Janie
d)
the boy's family is very wealthy
6.
In Chapter 3 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to visit her grandmother after she marries Logan because _____.
a)
Logan is beating her
b)
she wants to tell her grandmother she is pregnant
c)
her grandmother is sick
d)
she is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan
7.
Choose the correct definition for the vocabulary word, conjectures:
a)
conclusion based on guesswork
b)
appearance
c)
old and crumbling
d)
otherworldly
8.
What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?
a)
a. The neighbors are all asleep.
b)
b. The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.
c)
c. the neighbors are building a barn.
d)
d. The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.
9.
Who is Janie's best friend?
a)
a. Annie.
b)
b. Pearl.
c)
c. Lulu.
d)
d. Pheoby.
10.
What is Janie's maiden name?
a)
a. Crawford.
b)
b. Potter.
c)
c. Watson.
d)
d. Starks.
11.
What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?
a)
a. All of the above.
b)
b. Where her boyfriend is.
c)
c. Why she has come home.
d)
d. Where all her money is.
12.
What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?
a)
a. Big Mouth.
b)
b. Tea Cake.
c)
c. Rum Pan.
d)
d. Baby Boy.
13.
Provide the last name of the writer of the novel: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD.
a)
Tobler
b)
Rowles
c)
Trump
d)
Hurston
14.
The writer is a Harlem Renaissance writer.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
When the protagonist returns home, she/he is wearing ____________.
a)
an evening gown
b)
an old tattered suit
c)
old overalls
d)
shorts
16.
What is the name of the family Nanny works for?
a)
a. Smith.
b)
b. Washburn.
c)
c. Crawford.
d)
d. Little.
17.
Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?
a)
a. Janie talks differently than the other kids.
b)
b. Janie makes fun of the other girls.
c)
c. Janie gets better grades than them.
d)
d. Janie's clothes are better than the other kids' clothes.
18.
What do the other children tease Janie about?
a)
a. The hound dogs chasing Janie's father.
b)
b. The way Janie's grandmother talks.
c)
c. Janie's poor family.
d)
d. Janie's good grades in school.
19.
What object in nature is symbolic of Janie's sexual awakening?
a)
a. A sunrise.
b)
b. A sunset.
c)
c. A blossoming tree.
d)
d. A ripe fruit.
20.
What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?
a)
a. Johnny Taylor kissing her.
b)
b. Janie graduating from high school.
c)
c. Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
d)
d. Janie leaving home.
21.
Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?
a)
a. Brody Jenks.
b)
b. Nathaniel Washburn.
c)
c. Logan Killicks.
d)
d. Johnny Taylor.
22.
How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
a)
a. She married a soldier.
b)
b. She spent the night with a white man.
c)
c. She was raped by the school teacher.
d)
d. Nanny sells her to a white man.
23.
What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?
a)
a. She calls the police.
b)
b. She runs away into the woods with her baby.
c)
c. She kills the Mistress.
d)
d. She runs away with the Master.
24.
Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
a)
a. Tea Cake.
b)
b. Hezekia.
c)
c. Logan Killicks.
d)
d. Joe Brown.
25.
What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?
a)
a. The school yard.
b)
b. The rose bush.
c)
c. The pear tree.
d)
d. The front gate.
26.
What does Logan say that he and Nanny have done to Janie?
a)
a. Raised her from birth.
b)
b. Spoiled her.
c)
c. Ruined her appetite.
d)
d. Beaten her.
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