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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Study Guide

Summary
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Plot Analysis
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Setting
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Genre
- Allusions
- Style
- Point of View
- Tone
- Foreshadowing
- Key Facts
- Is Tea Cake a good or bad person?
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Writing Help

Further Study

Chapter 1 Quiz

Further Study Chapter 1 Quiz

1 of 5
What do the locals suspect has happened to Janie at the beginning of the novel?

She has abandoned her husband for a younger man.
She has grown weary of working and wants to retire.
Tea Cake has stolen her money and left her.
Tea Cake has been killed in the recent hurricane.

2 of 5
What do the townspeople envy about Janie?

Her tall, noble figure
Her long, straight hair
Her quick, sharp wit
Her light, creamy skin

3 of 5
How does Pheoby react to the locals' criticism of Janie?

She sticks up for her friend.
She joins in, but secretly envies Janie.
She pretends that she cannot hear them.
She storms off to tell her husband.

4 of 5
Where did Janie live when she was a child?

In an abandoned plantation house
In the attic above the school
In the Washburns' backyard
In Logan Killicks's barn

5 of 5
Who is Janie's father?

A schoolteacher who raped her mother
A slaveowner who raped her mother
A local merchant who abandoned her mother
A farmhand who her mother accidentally killed

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