1. Double Jeopardy
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2. Give 2 signs that Tea Cake
and Janie should have
heeded regarding the
hurricane’s approach

3. Why do the land owners
fail to encourage their
workers to leave early?

4. Give tw
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5. What is the point of having
Motorboat survive the storm
while Tea Cake suffers a
fatal injury?

6. Think of the hurricane
as a symbol. What does it
represent?

7. How is Mrs. Turner a threat
to the community on de Muck?

8. What does Mrs. Turner mean
when she tells Janie, “Us oughtta
class off.”

9. Why does Mrs. Turner
want Janie to be with
her brother?

10. How do Tea Cake and
friends scheme to get the
Turners out?

11. How is the Turner brother
a bigger threat to Janie and
Tea Cake than Nunkie was?

12. How is Tea Cake a hero
for Janie?

13. What is bizarre about
the situation where Tea
Cake gets bitten?

14. How does racism contribute
to the situation in which Tea
Cake gets bitten?

15. Tea Cake contracts rabies
and doesn’t find treatment until
it is too late. How is racism a
factor in this?

16. How does the community
change after Tea Cake becomes
sick?

17. Why do Tea Cake’s friends
eventually blame his death on
Mrs. Turner’s brother?

18. Who do the Turners represent?
What type of people are they?

19. Why do folks think that
Tea Cake caught a fever from
the water?

20. Why do the white women cry
for Janie?

21. How does Janie’s skin color
become important in the trial?

22. What does the pear tree symbolize?

23. Provide two points of contrast
between Jody and Tea Cake.

24. Explain the themes of power and
control in the novel.

25. How does the theme of voice
manifest in Janie’s relationship
with Jody?

26. In the end, Tea Cake is dead, but
Janie seems victorious. Explain.