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Chapter 6

What is this chapter mainly about?

The men who sit talking on the store porch enjoy making fun of which man and his mule?

What does Jody do that Janie admires and thanks him for?

Why doesn't Jody let Janie go to the "draggin' out" of the mule?

Two of the porch sitters, Sam Watson and Lige Moss, engage in a lively debate about what keeps a man from getting burned on a hot stove.

What does Sam Watson say keeps a man from getting burned?

What does Lige Moss say keeps a man from getting burned?

What is the best interpretation of the following sentence? "The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor."

What are the main themes of this chapter?

Find the section where some men are poking and baiting the mule. Janie is upset with this and walks away. She thinks, "People ought to have some regard for helpless things."

What does "regard" mean in this context?

Find the section where Joe gets angry at Janie for misplacing a bill at the store. Janie tells him: "You bound tuh find it if you look." What does "bound tuh find it" mean in this context?

Are there any events or parts of Zora Neale Hurston's book that do not make sense yet?