| How do the men at the store tease Matt Bonner about his mule? | The joke about the mule being off somewhere getting into trouble |
| Why is Janie having such a hard time managing the store? | Because Joe had forbidden her to engage in the teasing of Matt Bonner about his mule |
| Why does Starks buy the mule from Matt Bonner> | Because he overheard Janie saying that the men should put the mule out of it’s misery |
| How is freeing the mule symbolic? To whom do the townspeople compare Starks? | It symbolizes setting a tortured soul free, they compare him to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln |
| Why doesn’t Joe allow Janie to go to the “draggin’-out”? | Because he believes that it is no place for a woman, a mayor’s wife at that |
| Why does Joe think that Janie is being ungrateful? | Because she is being sullen |
| Why does Joe slap Janie? | For messing up his dinner |
| After being slapped, the narrator explains that “something fell off the shelf inside her.” What was it that fell? Explain. | Her innocence, she no longer has complete trust nor does she wear her heart on her sleeve |
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Ch. 6 Questions
June 15, 2020