| Tries to flirt with Tea-Cake and incurs Janie’s wrath | Nunkie |
| Becomes mayor of Eatonville | Joe Starks |
| The light of Janie’s life | Tea-Cake |
| Continually shoes contempt for Black people | Mrs. Turner |
| Her husband is scared of her and she wants to set up Janie with her brother | Mrs. Turner |
| Starts imitating Joe after his death | Amos Hicks |
| Nanny’s idea of security | Logan Killicks |
| She “pinches the horizon into a wee little thing” | Janie |
| He has a crush on Janie but all he has is a fish sandwich | Amos Hicks |
| She runs off with another man without divorcing her first one | Janie |
| She says, “put me down easy, i’m a cracked plate…” | Nanny |
| He says, “thought Ah’d try tuh git heah soon enought tuh tell yuh mah daytime thoughts…” | Tea Cake |
| She says “From now until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything “ | Janie |
| He says, “She ain’t good for nothing exceptin tuh set up in a corner by the kitchen store and break wood over her head. You’se something tuh make uh man forgit tuh git old and forgit to die” | Tea Cake |
| “She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her” | Janie |
| He said “I’m too honest and hardworking for anybody in your family, dat’s de reason you don’t want me!” | Logan Killicks |
| She “starched and ironed her face” | Nanny |
| She had found a jewel down inside herself | Janie |
| She warns Janie about the dangers of running off with a younger man | Phoebe |
| He says, “I wish thunder and lightening would kill yuh!” | Joe Starks |
| He takes care of the store for Janie after Joe’s death, he is protective of her too | Amos Hicks |
| She says “it’s so many people never seen the light at all. Ah was fumbling round and God opened de door” | Janie |
| He says, “Ah never knowned you wuz so satisfied wid me lak dat” | Tea Cake |
| Phoebe believes Janie… | Is a crazy woman who should have never left Eatonville |
| From the text, which of the following best describes what Logan Killicks sees in Janie | A helper around the farm |
| During her marriage to Logan, Janie is waiting | For love to start |
| When they first meet, Joe Starks represents what to Janie | Flower dust and springtime, a needed change, and a better opportunity for a life |
| What best describes what happens to Joe and Janie’s relationship? | Joe doesn’t allow Janie to express her true feeling, expects total obedience, and forces Janie to emotionally leave the relationship |
| The people of Eatonville could be best described as: | Grateful to Joe for his investments in the town and resentful of his power |
| On his deathbed, what Joe says to Janie could be summarized as… | You have no feelings and are ungrateful for everything I have given you |
| How does Tea Cake show his interest in Janie? | Taking her places she has never been before, teaching her how to do things, helping her around the house and garden, strawberries, fishing, and picnics |
| Janie finds out that Tea Cake did what with the $200 in her purse? | Gambled it away in a card game |
| Why does Tea Cake hit Janie? | He needs to show the Turners who is in control |
| Why does Janie lose her temper and hit Tea Cake? | She finds Nunkie and Tea Cake “wrestling” in the field |
| Why does Janie and Tea Cake decide not to leave when the hurricane is coming? | They don’t want to lose a day’s work |
| Janie realizes what is wrong with Tea Cake when… | Tea Cake hides a gun under his pillow and starts hallucinating |
| Janie’s trial can be best described as… | An ugly racial battle between blacks and whites |
| Who does Janie tell her story to? | Phoebe |
| Why does Janie feel close to nature? | She spends a lot of time outside, she lacks parental guidance, she finds God in nature |
| Janie is drawn to Tea Cake because… | He allows her to be herself, he enjoys her company, he is good looking, he thinks she is beautiful |
| The black community “forgets” their hostility toward Janie after Tea Cake’s funeral because… | They no longer want to be mad, they loved Janie, they wanted to think well of themselves, they found a scapegoat in Mrs. Turner’s brother |
| What time period was this book written in? | Harlem Renaissance |
| What year was this novel published? | 1937 |
| Who placed a tombstone on Zora’s grave and is credited with helping to revive interest in her writing? | Alice Walker |
| Criticism of this book included… | Domestic violence, a simplistic & sometimes negative portrayal of blacks, lack of theme and message |
| The women in Eatonville saw Janie’s dirty overalls as… | weapons they could use against her |
| Hurston’s writing style in this novel makes use of: | Antiqued and sophisticated diction |
| What techniques does Hurston make use of to organize telling her story? | A frame device |
| Exposition: | Eatonville, easy 1900’s, Janie, Tea Cake, Jody, Phoebe, Nanny |
| Rising Action: | Janie leaving Logan, marrying Jody, Jody dies |
| Climax: | Storm |
| Falling Action: | When Janie shoots Tea Cake |
| Resolution: | Janie returns to Eatonville |
| Internal conflict: | What is love? How to attain love? |
| External conflict: | Relationships with husbands, storm = man vs. nature |
| Themes: | Marriage, racism, relationships |
| Symbols: | Pear tree, mule, hair |
| Author: | Zora Neale Hurston |
| Copyright date: | 1937 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God- Final Exam
June 16, 2020