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Chapter 12

What is this chapter mainly about?

The townspeople see Janie dressed in pink linen at the picnic then later in a blue dress and high heels.

What is the reaction of the townspeople?

What does Pheoby talk to Janie about?

What big news does Janie tell Pheoby?

Find the section where Sam Watson is talking to Pheoby about how Janie doesn't go to church much anymore (part of the quote is below).

What does "claim" mean in the quote below?

Sam says, "De Pastor claim Tea Cake don't 'low her tuh come tuh church only once in awhile 'cause he want dat change tuh buy gas wid."

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

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Question #2

What did Pheoby advise Janie to do with her two hundred dollars?





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Question #3

After Tea Cake and Janie have been married a week, Tea Cake leaves in the morning to find fish.

What does Janie discover while he's gone?





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Question #4

Who is Mrs. Tyler?





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Question #5

What does Tea Cake spend Janie's money on?





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Question #6

What is Tea Cake's explanation for taking Janie's money?





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Question #7

How does Tea Cake propose he get the money to pay Janie back?





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Question #9

Halfway through paragraph 4, the narrator says that "Pheoby had insisted"that Janie take the two hundred dollars with her and keep it secret " just to be on the safe side."

What does "insisted"mean in this context?