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WorksheetsTheir Eyes Were Watching God Final Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 31mins
Meaning: "Let 'em say whut dey wants tuh, Phoeby. To my thinkin' mourning ought'n't tuh last no longer'n grief" (Hurston 93).
Janie thinks people should only wear black mourning clothes for 3 months.
Janie believes that Phoebe is pressuring her to remain a widow.
Janie believes that your outside dress should represent your inner feelings and not be ted to societal expectations. Ex: Black when mourning.
Janie believes people should wear whatever they want depending on how they feel.
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).
Tea Cake thinks Janie is curvaceous.
Tea Cake believes that Janie is a queen and should be respected and honored.
Tea Cake loves sharing his perspective of the world with Janie
Tea Cake constantly seeks to empower Janie to believe in herself and her own abilities.
Jody does all of the following in Eatonville EXCEPT....
Builds a store
Buys a couple hundred acres of land
Establishes a post office
Makes himself deputy sheriff
The whole town shows up when Jody buys and installs what first for the town?
a street lamp
a fire hydrant
a radio antenna
a traffic light
Why do some residents of Eatonville begin to resent Jody?
he's grown rich off of them and lives in a big house
he unfairly punishes people for breaking the law
he is slow in delivering everyone's mail
everyone knows he is unfaithful to Janie
What is the town's favorite subject of gossip and joking around?
Janie's hair
Jody's money
Matt Bonner's mule
Sam's alligator
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
When the men in town say that Mrs. Robbins is a disgrace to her husband, what does Janie say?
she agrees
nothing, because she's afraid to speak up
the men don't understand women as well as they think they do
Mr. Robbins is a bad husband, so he deserves it
When Joe gets sick, what's one of the reasons he doesn't get better?
He trusts a "root doctor" to treat him instead of going to a real doctor.
He refuses to take the medicine that he is given.
Janie is secretly poisoning his dinner each night.
Joe refuses to dress properly for the weather and he catches a cold that makes his poor health worse.
What does Janie tell Joe on his death bed?
He's not the same man she ran off with and all his success went to hi head.
She doesn't love him and never loved him.
She had an affair and she's in love with someone else.
She's sorry for all their arguing and she loves him more than anything.
How does Janie feel at Joe's funeral?
Sad
Grateful to him for leaving her so much
Liberated/free
Stressed out because she doesn't know what to do next
How are other men treating Janie after Joe's death?
They are suspicious of her
They are angry with her
They refuse to shop at a store run by a woman
They are nicer than ever and come around more often
What warning does Ike Green give Janie about other men?
Be careful not to let anyone take advantage of her when she remarries
She should never remarry
She should only marry a rich man
She should marry for love next time
What does Tea Cake teach Janie to do that Joe never would?
To play checkers
To drive a car
To ride a bicycle
To change a tire
Where does Janie hide her emergency money?
In her purse
In a secret panel in the floor
Pinned inside her clothes
In a safe
How does Tea Cake earn Janie's money back?
He wins it gambling
He gets a job picking crops
He steals it
He borrows it from a friend
Why does Janie get a job picking crops?
They need the money because she's broke now
Tea Cake is unable to work
She wants to be with Tea Cake all day
She's saving money for a car
Why does Janie not like Mrs. Turner?
She catches Mrs. Turner flirting with Tea Cake
Mrs. Turner is racist
Mrs. Turner steals money from her
Mrs. Turner gossips about Janie
When do Janie and Tea Cake decide to evacuate?
Not until they actually see flooding happening
When the majority of people first evacuate
They never do try to evacuate
After their house is destroyed
Who is the protagonist in the novel?
Phoeby
Janie
Jodie/Joe
Tea Cake
When the novel begins our protagonist is
A young girl living with her grandmother
About to marry Logan Killicks
Arriving in Eatonville with her new husband for the first time
A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone
To whom does Janie tell the story of her life?
The townspeople on the porch
Her new husband Tea Cake
Phoeby Watson
Nobody
From where was Janie returning?
From church
From lunch with the porch sitters
From burying the dead
From Eatonville, FL.
How did Janie see her life?
As a gift
As a never ending line of husbands
As a nightmare
As a blooming tree
Why did Nanny slap Janie?
She was crying like a baby.
She argued about marrying Logan Killicks.
She told Nanny she hated her.
She refused to go to school.
What does Joe intend to do?
Be a reverend.
Have multiple wives.
Become a big man with a big voice.
Become the first black opera singer.
What was Janie required to wear?
A dress
An apron
A headrag
Steel toed boots
How does Hurston (our author) establish the setting of the book?
Through the journey of Janie when she comes back into town.
Through the stories of Janie's ex-husbands.
Through the the stories of Janie's grandmother.
Through the journey of Tea Cake as he comes into town.
