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WorksheetsTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Sora Neale Hurston
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 43mins
Zora Neale Hurston was known as the first Black American to do what?
Stay on a bus to prove that segregation was wrong
Was a huge supporter of Martin Luther King Jr.
Is noted as the first Black American to collect and publish African American and Afro-Caribbean folklore
Where was Zora Neale Hurston born?
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
New York
Where did Zora Neale Hurston move with her family early in her life?
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Eatonville, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Trick question, she never left her birth state
How old was Zora Neale Hurston when her mother died?
20
13
36
5
What did Zora Neale Hurston study at Columbia University?
Biology
African-American Folklore
Anthropology
She never went to college even though she really wanted to.
What is considered the most powerful novel that Hurston had written?
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Harlem Renaissance
She was a musician not a novelist.
I've Got the Map of Florida on my Tongue
Who is the main character?
Jainie Crawford
Teacake
Pheoby Watson
Nanny
Identify Tea Cake
Janie's first kiss
Janie's first husband
Janie's second husband
Janie's third husband
Identify Joe Starks
Janie's first kiss
Janie's first husband
Janie's second husband
Janie's third husband
Identify Logan Killicks
Janie's first kiss
Janie's first husband
Janie's second husband
Janie's third husband
Identify Pheoby Watson
Janie's best friend who died at the end of the story
Janie's former best friend who cheated with Joe
Janie's best friend to whom she is telling the story
Janie's sworn enemy who tries to steal Tea Cake
Why does Nanny force Janie to marry Logan?
She won't be around to protect Janie forever
Logan is a well-liked and respected man
Logan is financially secure and has 60 acres
All of the above
Where do Janie and Tea Cake run off to after they get married?
Orlando
Everglades
Palm Beach
New Orleans
Where is Janie returning to at the beginning of the novel? (Hint - This is where Zora Neale Hurston grew up)
Eatonville
Orlando
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Meaning: A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things (Hurston 57).
Janie liked helping animals.
Janie valued all life.
Janie recognized Jody was a good man.
Janie's statement is a larger symbolic representation of humanity helping those less fortunate, human and animal.
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
What did Janie do with Tea Cake the first day they met?
they went fishing
they went dancing
they played checkers
they got married
What is Tea Cake's real name?
Tea Cake
Vergible Woods
Vergible Hurston
Joseph Starks
Why does Janie enjoy fishing in the middle of the night?
she loves eating fish for breakfast
it reminds her of her childhood
it feels like she is a child breaking rules
Why do people not approve of Janie seeing Tea Cake?
he is younger and doesn't have money
they know that Janie doesn't love him
he is older and doesn't have money
Why does Janie want to sell the store?
she needs the money to leave town
she is afraid the town will compare Tea Cake to Joe Starks
Tea Cake asked her to sell it
she hated Joe
What was NOT a sign that the hurricane was coming?
the wind stopped
the animals were leaving
the Seminoles were leaving
it started hailing and raining
What does Janie do after Joe's death?
Gives an elaborate funeral for him, dresses appropriately, and then burns her headrags.
Leaves Eatonville and vows never to return.
Tells the entire town how brutal he was.
Builds a monument to him to recognize his contributions to Eatonville.
What does the Horizon mean for Janie?
All the possibles that life has to offer.
That time is running short and she needs to be happy.
Love is only available to a certain few.
What two things does Janie tell Phoeby at the end?
A person's got to go to God, and got to find out about living for themselves.
Shopping and good chips and salsa cure any aliment.
Marriage won't make you fall in love with someone, but love must come first
Hope and the horizon are always with us.
Meaning: A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things (Hurston 57).
Janie liked helping animals.
Janie valued all life.
Janie recognized Jody was a good man.
Janie's statement is a larger symbolic representation of humanity helping those less fortunate, human and animal.
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). (Choose all applicable answers)
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.
Meaning: "She (Annie Tyler) had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her. (Choose all applicable answers)
Your dreams can destroy you.
The illusion of love is not the same as the real thing.
Happiness is an illusion.
Not everyone achieves a "happily ever after."
Meaning: "You done hurt mah heart, now you come wid uh lie tuh bruise mah ears! Turn go mah hands! (Hurston 137).
You've literally wounded me.
Is it not enough that you figuratively hurt me, but now you're insulting me.
He boxed her ears.
She needs a doctor immediately.
Meaning: "No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep" (Hurston 184).
Allow yourself to have an emotional response whenever necessary.
Everything will eventually pass on.
Grief may feel like it will last forever, but it will subside.
Loss stops time.
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
Janie’s grandmother was
A store owner
A teacher
A maid
A freed slave
Who does Janie’s grandmother talk her into marrying?
Vergible Woods
Logan Killicks
Jody Starks
Amos Hicks
Why does Janie leave her first husband?
To go to the Everglades with Tea Cake
To marry Jody Starks and go to Eatonville
To care for her ailing grandmother
To search for her missing mother
What position does Jody decide he will take once he has arrived in Eatonville?
The Sheriff
The town’s lawyer
The Mayor
The Governor
What does Jody force Janie to do after he sees other men looking at her?
Stay at home every weekend
Never talk to another man
Wear a veil over her face
Tie her hair up in head-rags
What reason does Jody give for excluding Janie from the Mule’s funeral?
Because such a “common” gathering is unfit for a wife of someone so important
Because he is afraid she is too weak to handle the sight of the dead mule
Because she had said she didn’t want to go
Because he feels she should be working at the store
What does Jody do after Janie insults him in front of the other men?
He hits Janie as hard as he can
He laughs in an attempt to diffuse the tension
He apologizes to Janie
He violently throws her out of town
What do the townspeople think as Jody grows sicker?
That Janie is cheating on him
That his years of high living have finally caught up to him
That God is punishing him for his sins
That Janie is poisoning him
What does Janie do while visiting Jody on his deathbed?
She tells him she loves him
She remains silent
She mercilessly berates him
She forgives him for the way he treated her
Why does Janie reject so many suitors after Jody’s death?
Because she is too upset about Jody’s death
Because she loves her new-found independence
Because they only want her money
Because she is secretly dating Tea Cake
Why does Janie hold back from allowing herself to fall in love with Tea Cake?
She is 40 and he is 28 years old.
She thinks he is a player.
He might be after her money.
All of the above.
Why does Janie decide to sell the store and leave town with Tea Cake?
He would forever be compared to Joe Starkes and the town would never accept them as a couple.
Tea Cake has a great job in Jacksonville that pays a lot of money.
Janie never liked Eatonville.
The people in the town decide Tea Cake cannot stay.
Extra Credit: What do Tea Cake's nickname and real name, Verigible Woods symbolize?
Janie will get lost in the woods again.
Sweetness and truth...the real deal.
Green forest.
Sickeningly sweet and the danger of the woods.
Where does Janie hide her emergency money?
In her purse
In a secret panel in the floor
Pinned inside her clothes
In a safe
What did Tea Cake do with Janie's money?
Threw a huge party
Bought a car
Bought a house
Bought new clothes
Why did Tea Cake claim to not take Janie with him when he spent the money?
He thought she wouldn't approve of the people he was with
He didn't think she would like the way he spent the money
She was sick and couldn't go with him
He never thought to take her with him
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
What does Tea Cake teach Janie to do down in the Everglades?
Cook alligator
Shoot a gun
Play baseball
Make her own clothes
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
What two animals does Janie see during the worst of the flooding?
A dog and a cat
A duck and an alligator
A raccoon and a possum
A cow and a dog
How is Tea Cake injured at the end of the reading?
He is cut by a piece of flying debris
A tree falls on him
Someone shoots him
He is bitten by an animal
