their eyes chapter 11

Question 1

symbols of teacake

Answer 1

sun, light, beaming

Question 2

teacake’s voice

Answer 2

laughing and teasing

Question 3

teacake is always

Answer 3

singing and smiling

Question 4

how far are they apart in age

Answer 4

12

Question 5

teacake looked around ___ years old

Answer 5

25

Question 6

how long did teacake wait to come back for janie’s snub

Answer 6

a weeks

Question 7

“he was probably the kind of man who lived with various women but never married

Answer 7

janie’s opinion of teacake

Question 8

walking de water lak ole peter before he knowed it

Answer 8

religious imagery

Question 9

everybody was surprised that janie was

Answer 9

playing checkers

Question 10

teacake wants to go

Answer 10

fishing at night

Question 11

what lake

Answer 11

lake sabelia

Question 12

janie felt like a _______- because she was fishing at night

Answer 12

child breaking rules

Question 13

why did she feel like she was keeping a secret from the town

Answer 13

they had to smuggle teacake from the back gate

Question 14

teacake doesn’t have

Answer 14

money

Question 15

teacake keeps himself in

Answer 15

changing clothes

Question 16

what shows teacake’s happy and laughter

Answer 16

playing the piano

Question 17

what feels like the underneath of a dove’s wing

Answer 17

janie’s hair

Question 18

teacake talks about janie’s

Answer 18

hair
eyes
lips

Question 19

teacake says he is the

Answer 19

apostle paul tuh de Gentiles

Question 20

____ was a glance from God

Answer 20

he (teacake)

Question 21

make someone God, you’re in for a ____

Answer 21

tragedy

Question 22

in the cool of the afternoon the fiend from hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear

Answer 22

implied metaphor for doubt

Question 23

what is the ninth darkness

Answer 23

Dante’s inferno (allusion to literature)

Question 24

teacake came back after how many days after the day he slept with her

Answer 24

4

Question 25

janie isn’t _____ to teacake

Answer 25

ordinary

Question 26

Janie, ah hope God may kill me, if Ah’m lyin’. Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom

Answer 26

implied metaphor