Name:_________________________________ Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz ______ /24

1) What does Joe Starks buy from Matt Bonner?

2) Whose funeral does Joe not allow Janie to go to?

3) The debate between Sam and Lige about what makes a man touch a hot stove is between what two things?
a. Caution and logic
b. Nature and logic
c. Logic and emotion
d. Caution and nature
4) Who was the woman that the man were play fighting over?
a. Janie
b. Daisy
c. Mrs. Bogle
5) T or F Joe cheats on Janie?
6) After a poor dinner, what does Joe do to Janie?
7) How long have Joe and Janie been together now at this book in the novel?
a. 3 years
b. 4 years
c. 6 years
d. 7 years
8) Who says the following line: “It’s so easy to make yo’ self out God Almighty when you ain’t got nothin’ tuh to
strain against but women and chickens.”
a. Janie
b. Daisy
c. Joe Starks
d. Matt Bonner
9) Zora Neale Hurston writes in _______________________ to accentuate the realism of the deep south African
American culture.
a. Metaphors
b. Dialect
c. Alliteration
d. Prose
10) Janie’s hair symbolizes what?

11) The pear tree symbolizes what?

12) What is the name of the town Joe and Janie are living in?