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Their Eyes Were Watching God Final Test

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Meaning: "Let 'em say whut dey wants tuh, Phoeby. To my thinkin' mourning ought'n't tuh last no longer'n grief" (Hurston 93).

a)

Janie thinks people should only wear black mourning clothes for 3 months.

b)

Janie believes that Phoebe is pressuring her to remain a widow.

c)

Janie believes that your outside dress should represent your inner feelings and not be ted to societal expectations. Ex: Black when mourning.

d)

Janie believes people should wear whatever they want depending on how they feel.

2.

Meaning: Tea Cake states, "You'se got de world in uh jug and make out you don't know it. But Ah'm glad tuh be de one tuh tell yuh" (Hurston 104).

a)

Tea Cake thinks Janie is curvaceous.

b)

Tea Cake believes that Janie is a queen and should be respected and honored.

c)

Tea Cake loves sharing his perspective of the world with Janie

d)

Tea Cake constantly seeks to empower Janie to believe in herself and her own abilities.

3.
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
4.
Who do we learn is dead in Chapter 4?
a)
Phoeby
b)
Nanny
c)
Logan
d)
Joe
5.
How old was was Janie when she realized she was not white?
a)
8
b)
10
c)
6
d)
13
6.
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.
7.
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 
8.
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
9.
What did Jody compare women to?
a)
Cows
b)
Dogs
c)
Children
d)
Chickens, cows, and children
10.
What did Janie have trouble with when she was working at the store?
a)
Working the register
b)
Math and Cutting Tobacco
c)
Talking to customers
d)
Getting along with Joe
11.
In Chapter 6, what did Joe start to do to Janie?
a)
Isolate her
b)
Show her off
c)
Physically abuse her
d)
Lie to her
12.
What does Joe make Janie do with her hair?
a)
Cut it
b)
Nothing
c)
Tie it up
d)
Color it
13.
In Chapter 5, when the crowd asked Janie to speak, Joe refused and told them that Janie's "place" was where?
a)
By her man's side
b)
In the kitchen
c)
In the shop
d)
In the home
14.
According to Chapter 6, Janie's realized that marriage did not make what?
a)
Happiness
b)
Best Friends
c)
True Commitment
d)
Love
15.

Jody does all of the following in Eatonville EXCEPT....

a)

Builds a store

b)

Buys a couple hundred acres of land

c)

Establishes a post office

d)

Makes himself deputy sheriff

16.

The whole town shows up when Jody buys and installs what first for the town?

a)

a street lamp

b)

a fire hydrant

c)

a radio antenna

d)

a traffic light

17.

Why do some residents of Eatonville begin to resent Jody?

a)

he's grown rich off of them and lives in a big house

b)

he unfairly punishes people for breaking the law

c)

he is slow in delivering everyone's mail

d)

everyone knows he is unfaithful to Janie

18.

What is the town's favorite subject of gossip and joking around?

a)

Janie's hair

b)

Jody's money

c)

Matt Bonner's mule

d)

Sam's alligator

19.

What happens when Janie ruins her cooking one night?

a)

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

b)

Jody hits her

c)

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

d)

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

20.

When the men in town say that Mrs. Robbins is a disgrace to her husband, what does Janie say?

a)

she agrees

b)

nothing, because she's afraid to speak up

c)

the men don't understand women as well as they think they do

d)

Mr. Robbins is a bad husband, so he deserves it

21.
Who is symbolized by a pear tree to Janie?
a)
Logan
b)
Johnny Taylor
c)
Joe
d)
Tea Cake
22.
Who grew up in slavery?
a)
Tea Cake
b)
Janie
c)
Nanny
d)
Joe
23.
In the Everglades, Janie learns to do which of the following?
a)
Shoot a gun.
b)
Gamble.
c)
Cook.
d)
Sew.
24.
Janie and Tea Cake are forced out of their home in the Everglades by which of the following?
a)
White people
b)
A hurricane
c)
A tornado
d)
A rabid dog
25.
Dialogue written as spoken and specific to a region or social group is called . . .
a)
allusion
b)
dialect
c)
diction
d)
metaphor
26.
Who buys Janie a mule so she can help with the work?
a)
Nanny
b)
Joe
c)
Logan
d)
Tea Cake
27.
To deflect attention from his aging body, Joe does which of the following?
a)
buys a new car
b)
insults Janie
c)
starts a new business
d)
flirts with other women
28.
Janie embarrasses Joe by doing which of the following?
a)
sleeping with other men
b)
going dancing without him
c)
threatening to leave him
d)
insulting his manhood in public
29.
What does Janie realize about her feelings towards Nanny after Joe dies?
a)
Janie hates her.
b)
Janie misses her.
c)
Janie wishes she could talk to her again.
d)
Janie was afraid of her.
30.
Tea Cake tries to convince Janie that his feelings for her are sincere by doing which of the following?
a)
buying her jewelry
b)
writing love poems for her
c)
visiting her in the morning
d)
taking her out to dinner
31.
Janie is furious when she finds Tea Cake wrestling with whom?
a)
Motor Boat
b)
Mrs. Turner
c)
Phoeby
d)
Nunkie
32.
Tea Cake contracts rabies while doing which of the following?
a)
working in the bean fields
b)
burying the dead after the storm
c)
trying to save Janie’s life
d)
out hunting on the muck
33.
When Tea Cake becomes dangerous, Janie is forced to do which of the following?
a)
hospitalize him
b)
leave him
c)
stab him
d)
shoot him
34.
At the trial, Janie is . . .
a)
condemned by Tea Cake’s friends
b)
convicted of murder
c)
convicted of assault
d)
not allowed to speak
35.
Tea Cake’s funeral is described as which of the following?
a)
Grand
b)
Small
c)
Cancelled
d)
Flooded
36.
The man who is Janie’s one true love is . . .
a)
Logan
b)
Joe
c)
Who Flung
d)
Tea Cake
37.
At the end of the novel, it looks as though Janie is going to live where?
a)
in the Everglades
b)
on Logan’s farm
c)
in Eatonville
d)
in Nanny’s old house
38.
When Janie returns to Eatonville, the gossips/porch sitters assume which of the following?
a)
Tea Cake is dead
b)
Tea Cake ran off with a younger woman
c)
Janie wants to sell her house
d)
Janie is pregnant
39.
Joe dies of which of the following?
a)
Kidney failure
b)
Old age
c)
Rabies
d)
Food poisoning
40.

When Joe gets sick, what's one of the reasons he doesn't get better?

a)

He trusts a "root doctor" to treat him instead of going to a real doctor.

b)

He refuses to take the medicine that he is given.

c)

Janie is secretly poisoning his dinner each night.

d)

Joe refuses to dress properly for the weather and he catches a cold that makes his poor health worse.

41.

What does Janie tell Joe on his death bed?

a)

He's not the same man she ran off with and all his success went to hi head.

b)

She doesn't love him and never loved him.

c)

She had an affair and she's in love with someone else.

d)

She's sorry for all their arguing and she loves him more than anything.

42.

How does Janie feel at Joe's funeral?

a)

Sad

b)

Grateful to him for leaving her so much

c)

Liberated/free

d)

Stressed out because she doesn't know what to do next

43.

How are other men treating Janie after Joe's death?

a)

They are suspicious of her

b)

They are angry with her

c)

They refuse to shop at a store run by a woman

d)

They are nicer than ever and come around more often

44.

What warning does Ike Green give Janie about other men?

a)

Be careful not to let anyone take advantage of her when she remarries

b)

She should never remarry

c)

She should only marry a rich man

d)

She should marry for love next time

45.

What does Tea Cake teach Janie to do that Joe never would?

a)

To play checkers

b)

To drive a car

c)

To ride a bicycle

d)

To change a tire

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.
What sign did many take that the hurricane was coming and would be a bad one?
a)
Mrs. Turner left
b)
Nunkie said it was going to be bad
c)
Janie had a vision of Joe coming back to life.
d)
the Indians were leaving
51.

When do Janie and Tea Cake decide to evacuate?

a)

Not until they actually see flooding happening

b)

When the majority of people first evacuate

c)

They never do try to evacuate

d)

After their house is destroyed

52.

Who is the protagonist in the novel?

a)

Phoeby

b)

Janie

c)

Jodie/Joe

d)

Tea Cake

53.

When the novel begins our protagonist is

a)

A young girl living with her grandmother

b)

About to marry Logan Killicks

c)

Arriving in Eatonville with her new husband for the first time

d)

A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone

54.

To whom does Janie tell the story of her life?

a)

The townspeople on the porch

b)

Her new husband Tea Cake

c)

Phoeby Watson

d)

Nobody

55.

From where was Janie returning?

a)

From church

b)

From lunch with the porch sitters

c)

From burying the dead

d)

From Eatonville, FL.

56.

How did Janie see her life?

a)

As a gift

b)

As a never ending line of husbands

c)

As a nightmare

d)

As a blooming tree

57.

Why did Nanny slap Janie?

a)

She was crying like a baby.

b)

She argued about marrying Logan Killicks.

c)

She told Nanny she hated her.

d)

She refused to go to school.

58.

What does Joe intend to do?

a)

Be a reverend.

b)

Have multiple wives.

c)

Become a big man with a big voice.

d)

Become the first black opera singer.

59.

What was Janie required to wear?

a)

A dress

b)

An apron

c)

A headrag

d)

Steel toed boots

60.

How does Hurston (our author) establish the setting of the book?

a)

Through the journey of Janie when she comes back into town.

b)

Through the stories of Janie's ex-husbands.

c)

Through the the stories of Janie's grandmother.

d)

Through the journey of Tea Cake as he comes into town.