Chapter 17

What is this chapter mainly about?

Why does Tea Cake hit Janie?

How do the field workers respond to Tea Cake hitting Janie?

Who started the disturbance at the eating house

Why does Mrs. Turner get angry at her husband?

Find the section near the end of the chapter where Mrs. Turner saw that Tea Cake was making the fight situation worse rather than better. "So Mrs. Turner struggled into the mass and caught Tea Cake by the arm."

What does "mass" mean in this context?

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