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Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 11-17

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does Janie hide her emergency money?

a)

In her purse

b)

In a secret panel in the floor

c)

Pinned inside her clothes

d)

In a safe

2.

What did Tea Cake do with Janie's money?

a)

Threw a huge party

b)

Bought a car

c)

Bought a house

d)

Bought new clothes

3.

Why did Tea Cake claim to not take Janie with him when he spent the money?

a)

He thought she wouldn't approve of the people he was with

b)

He didn't think she would like the way he spent the money

c)

She was sick and couldn't go with him

d)

He never thought to take her with him

4.

How does Tea Cake earn Janie's money back?

a)

He wins it gambling

b)

He gets a job picking crops

c)

He steals it

d)

He borrows it from a friend

5.

What does Tea Cake teach Janie to do down in the Everglades?

a)

Cook alligator

b)

Shoot a gun

c)

Play baseball

d)

Make her own clothes

6.

Why does Janie get a job picking crops?

a)

They need the money because she's broke now

b)

Tea Cake is unable to work

c)

She wants to be with Tea Cake all day

d)

She's saving money for a car

7.

Why does Janie not like Mrs. Turner?

a)

She catches Mrs. Turner flirting with Tea Cake

b)

Mrs. Turner is racist

c)

Mrs. Turner steals money from her

d)

Mrs. Turner gossips about Janie

8.

Tea Cake's job in in the Everglades is to...

a)

Mayor of the city

b)

Hunter

c)

Pick Beans

d)

Town Entertainer

9.

Mrs. Turner believes that Janie can yell at her because...

a)

a younger women should be allowed to yell at older women.

b)

a whiter women can yell at darker woman

c)

Blacks can yell at whites.

d)

the rich can yell at the poor.

10.

What is the name of the girl that tries to flirt with Tea Cake, and make Janie's jealous?

a)

Janie

b)

Nunkie

c)

Mrs. Turner

d)

Pheoby

11.

Why does Tea Cake suddenly come home to Janie in the middle of the day?

a)

He is hungry for Janie's food

b)

He was injured while working

c)

He was lonely without Janie

d)

All of the above

12.

Those working in the everglades assumed that Janie thought herself too good to work like the rest of the women.

a)

TRUE

b)

FLASE

13.

The men approved of the way Tea cake treated Janie.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Why does Janie try to fight Nunkie?

a)

She catches Nunkie wrestling around with Tea Cake by themselves

b)

Nunkie stole money from her

c)

Nunkie is racist

d)

Nunkie starts rumors about Janie

15.

Why does Tea Cake tell Janie not to visit with Mrs. Turner anymore?

a)

Mrs. Turner says Janie is too good for Tea Cake

b)

Mrs. Turner is poor

c)

Mrs. Turner steals from them

d)

Mrs. Turner is his ex-girlfriend

16.

How do Tea Cake and his friends drive Mrs. Turner's family out of town?

a)

They threaten to kill them

b)

They burn down her restaurant during the night

c)

They stage a destructive fight in her restaurant

d)

They steal all of her money so that she has no choice but to go home

17.
According to Jaine, "mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n ______."
a)
love
b)
fear
c)
grief
d)
happiness
18.
What was Janie insecure about when Tea Cake first started courting her?
a)
his financial means
b)
their age difference
c)
the opinion of the town's people
d)
She did not worry about anything.
19.
What does the following quote say about Janie's attitude?
"Dis ain't no business proposition, and no race after property and titles.  Dis is uh love game.  Ah done lived Grandma's way, now Ah means tuh live mine."
a)
She is her own woman now.
b)
She wants to go back to Logan.
c)
She appreciates Nanny's influence on her.
d)
It said nothing about her.
20.
What does the following quote show about Tea Cake?
"Ah no need no assistance tuh help me feed mah woman.  From now on, you gointuh eat whutever mah money can buy yuh and wear de same.  Whe Ah ain't got nothin' you don't git nothin'."
a)
he is prideful
b)
he is careless
c)
he is hateful
d)
he is lonely