This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Their Eyes Were Watching God > Their Eyes Were Watching God – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What significant incident changes Joe and Janie's relationship forever? A) Joe refuses to allow Janie to attend the mule's funeral. B) Joe accepts food and advice from others but will not allow Janie to come near him. C) They start sleeping in separate bedrooms. D) Janie stands up for herself and insults Joe's manhood in front of the other men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janie stands up for herself and insults Joe's manhood in front of the other men. 2. Leafy is this relation to Janie. A) Grandmother. B) Daughter. C) Sister. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother. 3. What did Joe force Janie to wear? A) An apron. B) A headrag. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A headrag. 4. The Author of the book is A) Maya Angelou. B) Halle Berry. C) Ruby Dee. D) Zora Neale Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zora Neale Hurston. 5. Joe had been dead for A) 9 months. B) 9 years. C) 9 days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9 months. 6. From where was Janie returning? A) From Eatonville, FL. B) From church. C) From lunch with the porch sitters. D) From burying the dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From burying the dead. 7. "I wasn't, petal open any more. I had an inside and an outside now." Keep the comma OR delete the comma? A) Keep the comma. B) Delete the comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delete the comma. 8. Why do people not approve of Janie seeing Tea Cake? A) He is younger and doesn't have money. B) They know that Janie doesn't love him. C) He is older and doesn't have money. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is younger and doesn't have money. 9. What does Tea Cake teach Janie to do? A) Cheat at checkers. B) Shoot. C) Cook. D) Gamble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoot. 10. Examine the character of Janie's third husband, Tea Cake, and his impact on Janie's growth and self-realization. A) Tea Cake plays a significant role in Janie's growth and self-realization, as he encourages her to embrace her true self and pursue her own desires. B) Tea Cake was indifferent to Janie's needs and desires. C) Tea Cake was controlling and limited Janie's freedom. D) Tea Cake had no impact on Janie's growth and self-realization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tea Cake plays a significant role in Janie's growth and self-realization, as he encourages her to embrace her true self and pursue her own desires. 11. Which character does Janie marry first? A) Logan Killicks. B) Tea Cake. C) No one; she remains single in the first five chapters. D) Joe Starks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logan Killicks. 12. What happened to Joe and Janie's relationship during the seventh year of their marriage? A) It got better than it had ever been. Joe started complimenting her and buying her gifts. B) Janie wanted a divorce but Joe wouldn't let her get one. C) Janie began making fun of Joe for the things that he did. D) Janie learned to keep her thoughts to herself instead of fighting Joe's criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janie began making fun of Joe for the things that he did. 13. How much did Joe pay for the mule? A) $ 1. B) $ 0.50. C) $ 10. D) $ 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 5. 14. What difficulties did she face in the later years of her life? A) Her work not getting published. B) Fame. C) Poverty. D) Grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her work not getting published. 15. What does Mrs. Turner accuse blacks of doing? A) Holding us back. B) Starting riots. C) Engaging in unfair trade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holding us back. 16. Janie's grandmother (Nanny) was a former: A) Maid. B) Slave. C) Teacher. D) Store owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slave. 17. Extreme ill will or spite A) Malice. B) Mien. C) Desecrating. D) Treacherous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malice. 18. Intention or desire to do evil A) Dilate. B) Bellowed. C) Malice. D) Sanctum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malice. 19. The vocab word that means complete emptiness or destruction. A) Transfiguration. B) Desolation. C) Insinuation. D) Refuge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desolation. 20. What did Janie ask Tea Cake the next morning? A) You still love ole Nunkie?. B) Do you love ole Janie?. C) Are we still in love?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You still love ole Nunkie?. 21. True of False:Zora Neale Hurston's book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was very popular in the 1930's. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. WHERE DID TEACAKE TAKE JANIE TO WORK? A) A hotel. B) To the local post office. C) A watermelon field. D) A cucumber field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cucumber field. 23. What does Nanny mean when she says she's a "cracked plate." A) She has wrinkles. B) She's old & fragile. C) She is about to have a mental break down. D) She's vintage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She's old & fragile. 24. In the first chapter, the best friend of the protagonist is rude and refuses to bring food to the protagonist. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. WHAT WAS THE FIRST BLACK INCORPORATED TOWN CALLED? A) Everglassville. B) Eatonville. C) Eastland town. D) England town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everglassville. 26. Neo-nazis ..... a Jewish cemetery by spray painting and smashing the headstones of people's graves. A) Ceased. B) Insinuated. C) Desecrated. D) Expounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desecrated. 27. Why did Janie go to the window? A) Because she felt free. B) To chose a spot to bury him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she felt free. 28. Janie told Tea Cake about the cash she brought with her A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. Janie's first, older husband that she never loved. A) Tea Cake. B) Joe. C) Amos. D) Logan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logan. 30. Ashley saw people showing ..... at the newly-built fancy restaurant. A) Obliviousness. B) Futility. C) Inevitability. D) Decorum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decorum. 31. The woman was ..... herself before the judge because she did not want to be convicted and sent to prison. A) Ostentatiously. B) Fractious. C) Commiserating. D) Prostrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prostrating. 32. Why did Janie and Tea Cake decide to stay on the muck? A) To work for another season. B) To relax. C) To build a store. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To work for another season. 33. What does Janie tell Joe on his death bed? A) He's not the same man she ran off with and all his success went to hi head. B) She doesn't love him and never loved him. C) She had an affair and she's in love with someone else. D) She's sorry for all their arguing and she loves him more than anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He's not the same man she ran off with and all his success went to hi head. 34. Identify Logan Killicks A) Janie's first kiss. B) Janie's first husband. C) Janie's second husband. D) Janie's third husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janie's first husband. 35. What did Joe do for Janie when she got upset about the mule? A) He told the men to hush their conversation. B) He made the men leave the store. C) He bought the mule. D) He bought her chocolates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He bought the mule. 36. True or false:After Chapter 1, the story is told as a flashback. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. Who is Janie's first husband? A) Logan Killicks. B) Johnny Taylor. C) Joe Starks. D) Nanny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logan Killicks. 38. What was Janie disappointed about? A) The size of the town. B) The name of the town. C) The shape of the town. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The size of the town. 39. What does Janie find difficult about tending the store? A) The calculations. B) The crowds. C) Handling the meat. D) The customer service. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The calculations. 40. How much money did Janie have in the bank? A) $ 200. B) $ 12, 000. C) $ 1200. D) $ 120. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 1200. 41. What is Janie's initial reaction to her marriage with Logan Killicks? A) She is excited and optimistic about their future. B) She is indifferent and sees it as a duty. C) She is deeply unhappy and feels trapped. D) She is grateful for the financial security it brings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is deeply unhappy and feels trapped. 42. Why do some residents of Eatonville begin to resent Jody? A) He's grown rich off of them and lives in a big house. B) He unfairly punishes people for breaking the law. C) He is slow in delivering everyone's mail. D) Everyone knows he is unfaithful to Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He's grown rich off of them and lives in a big house. 43. What are buzzards? A) Eagles. B) Crows. C) Pigeons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crows. 44. Why does Joe buy the mule? A) He wants to impress the other men. B) He wants Janie to take care of the mule. C) He needs the mule to work his land. D) He overhears Janie complaining about how the mule is treated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He overhears Janie complaining about how the mule is treated. 45. When Jody began insulting Janie about her age, who did he compare her to in Chapter 7? A) Eve. B) Phoebe. C) Mrs. Turner. D) Methuselah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methuselah. 46. What do the locals suspect has happened to Janie at the beginning of the novel? A) She has abandoned her husband for a younger man. B) Tea Cake has stolen her money and left her. C) She has grown weary of working and wants to retire. D) Tea Cake has been killed in the recent hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea Cake has stolen her money and left her. 47. HOW DID TEACAKE DIE? A) A dog bit him. B) Janie Killed him. C) He was chased down and hung. D) In his sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janie Killed him. 48. Waht did Annie Tyler discover when she woke up in a shabby room? A) Who Flung and her money had disappeared. B) Who Flung had made her breakfast. C) Who Flung had made arrangements for their marriage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who Flung and her money had disappeared. 49. Define the term "Treacherous" . A) Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. B) Tending to betray. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tending to betray. 50. Why don't Janie and Tea Cake leave with the rest of the people when the hurricane comes? A) He is arrogant. B) He underestimates the strength of the storm. C) He is afraid to leave all of his possessions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is arrogant. 51. The lit term that refers to a form of language to a specific region. A) Literary lens. B) Cultural context. C) Theme. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialect. 52. The vocab word that means safe or providing shelter A) Wallow. B) Refuge. C) Sanctum. D) Insinuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refuge. 53. The lit term that refers to a central idea in a story. A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Literary lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 54. What does Janie think will happen after she marries Logan Killicks? A) She will get pregnant. B) She will feel trapped and unloved. C) She will never see Nanny again. D) She will come to love him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She will come to love him. 55. What was the best friend's name? A) Rose Calloway. B) Phoebe Watson. C) Carmen Powell. D) Autumn Shimmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phoebe Watson. 56. When Janie returns to Eatonville, she is wearing A) The head rags that Joe made her wear. B) Her blue satin wedding dress. C) The same shoes that she left in. D) Overalls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overalls. 57. What part of Janie's body does Joe Starks insist that Janie cover up while she works in the store? A) Her face. B) Her hair. C) Her legs. D) Her arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her hair. 58. My mom said I was ..... her, so she sent me to my room. A) Insinuating. B) Reconciling. C) Irking. D) Ceasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irking. 59. What does the pear tree symbolize in the opening chapter of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" ? A) The dangers of nature. B) Janie's hopes and dreams. C) The bitterness of Janie's previous relationships. D) The complexity of human feelings . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janie's hopes and dreams. 60. 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