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Chapters 6-8
 * Their Eyes Were Watching God Reading Questions

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Directions:** Answer the questions in the space provided below each.

1. How does Janie feel about working in the store?

2. What does Joe forbid her to do in the store and why?

3. Why does Joe make Janie wear her hair up in a head rag?

4. Briefly recount the story about Matt Bonner’s mule. What was Jodie’s connection? What eventually happened to the mule?

5. Explain Jody’ s opinion of women as he relates it to Janie.

6. What single event cause Janie’s image of Jody to tumble down and shatter?

7. Why does Joe strike Janie and drive her from the store?

8. What lies does the root doctor spread about Janie?

9. When Joe gets sick, Janie brings in a doctor from Orlando. What is the doctor’s prognosis?

10. Explain Joe’s reaction when Janie enters his sick room.