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?

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?

What are the main themes of this chapter?

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

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 does Sam Watson say keeps a man from getting burned?

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

Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

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

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

Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answer is correct.

What is this chapter mainly about?

How do Janie and Joe initially feel about the town they've moved to?

What is one of the first things Joe does when they get to the town?

What is the first structure that gets built in town?

Mayor Joe Starks organizes a big get–together for the townspeople. What are they celebrating?

How does Jody try to control Janie?

After the ceremony, Janie wonders aloud to Jody whether his being mayor "keeps us in uh kinda strain."

What does "strain" mean in this context?

Some of the townspeople thought the street lamp was a "useless notion."

What does "notion" mean in this context?

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