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Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz

Zora Neale Hurston
This Study Guide consists of approximately 114 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz

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1)

Why does Joe buy the mule? (from Chapter 6)

He wants Janie to take care of the mule.
He needs the mule to work his land.
He wants to impress the other men.
He overhears Janie saying that the mule needs rest.
2)

What does Janie hide behind the stove? (from Chapter 19)

Tea Cake's pistol.
A rifle.
Her money.
A train ticket.
3)

How old is Janie in Chapter 7? (from Chapter 7)

35.
40.
55.
29.
4)

What do the townspeople do when the mule dies? (from Chapter 6)

They cook it and eat it.
They bury it in Joe's back yard.
They leave the carcass on Bonner's front porch.
They drag it out to the swamp for a ceremony.
5)

What does Janie use as a weapon in Chapter 7? (from Chapter 7)

Her hair.
Her fists.
Words.
Produce.
6)

What song is played at Joe's funeral? (from Chapter 9)

"Amazing Grace."
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus."
"All by Myself."
"When the Saints Go Marching In."
7)

What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow? (from Chapter 19)

Another woman's picture.
Money.
A love note.
A loaded pistol.
8)

What does Janie take with her when she leaves? (from Chapter 20)

A photo of Tea Cake.
Her blue dress.
The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.
A pistol.
9)

Why does the house have no roof? (from Chapter 8)

A tornado has hit Pheoby's house.
Joe is too poor to fix the hole in the roof.
Janie has moved into a shack by the water with no roof.
Death needs no protection from the winds.
10)

Why doesn't Janie leave Jody? (from Chapter 7)

She is pregnant.
She truly loves him.
She has nowhere to go.
She is afraid he will find her.
11)

How much of the two hundred dollars is left when Tea Cake returns home? (from Chapter 13)

All of it.
Nothing.
100 dollars.
Twelve dollars.
12)

What does Janie want to seek instead of things? (from Chapter 9)

People.
Freedom.
Love.
Safety.
13)

What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel? (from Chapter 7)

Physical force.
Money.
Friendship.
Janie's love.
14)

What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends? (from Chapter 16)

They stay in the Everglades.
They keep working the fields.
They return to Eatonville.
They go on a long vacation to Mexico.
15)

Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store? (from Chapter 6)

He is afraid she will get too upset.
He says she needs to tend the store.
He wants her to be jealous.
He says it is beneath her.
16)

What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for? (from Chapter 12)

Love.
Fame.
Money.
Safety.
17)

How does Tea Cake tell Janie to treat Mrs. Turner? (from Chapter 16)

He tells Janie to give Mrs. Turner the cold shoulder.
He tells Janie to steal Mrs. Turner's money.
He tells Janie to make friends with her.
He tells Janie to feel sorry for Mrs. Turner.
18)

What does Tea Cake help Janie with at the end of the night? (from Chapter 10)

He helps her tie up her hair.
He helps her onto the train.
He helps her close up the store.
He helps her clean the floors.
19)

Why does Tea Cake want to stay on the muck? (from Chapter 18)

He is not afraid of hurricanes.
He does not want to lose a day of work.
He does not like moving around.
He does not want to leave Janie.
20)

Why does Janie leave the Everglades? (from Chapter 20)

She gets a job in Orlando.
Everything reminds her of Tea Cake.
She meets a new man.
She is run out of town by Tea Cake's friends.
21)

Whose house has no roof? (from Chapter 8)

Joe's.
Pheoby's.
Janie's.
Death's.
22)

What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake? (from Chapter 11)

He thinks Janie is too good for Tea Cake.
He thinks Tea Cake is a criminal.
He is jealous of Tea Cake.
He thinks Tea Cake is a good man.
23)

What does Janie realize she feels for her grandmother? (from Chapter 9)

Love.
Jealousy.
Hate.
Pity.
24)

When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake? (from Chapter 12)

Once she has a baby.
At dawn.
As soon as she can sell the store.
As soon as Tea Cake gets a job.
25)

Jody says all women need telling, just like ____________. (Fill in the blank) (from Chapter 6)

Children and chickens and cows.
Black people.
Men.
Servants.
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