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Who is Nanny?
"So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don’t tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule ud de world so fur as Ah can see"
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What is under the pear tree?
Where Janie finds her sexual identity
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What is Janies idea of love and marriage?
The pear tree
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Who is Zora Neale Hurston ?
Author of Book
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Who is Logan Killicks?
"You ain’t got no particular place. It’s wherever Ah need yuh. Git uh move on yuh, and dat quick"
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Who is Nanny?
Lived her life through Janie
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What is Janies happiness?
The Horizon
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What is TeaCakes real name?
Vergible Woods
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Who is Janie Crawford?
""Ah jus’ know dat God snatched me out de fire through you. And Ah loves yuh and feel glad"
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Who is Amos Hicks?
Tries (but fails) to lure Janie away from Joe
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What are the mules
The Porch Sitters
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What is the town that Jody Built?
Eatonville
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Who is Joe Starks?
"Dat’s ‘cause you ain’t got de right feelin’ for nobody. You oughter have some sympathy ‘bout yo’self. You ain’t no hog"
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What Janie finds once Jody dies
Independence
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What is mistreatment, abuse and betrayal?
Matt Bonners Mule
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When was the book published?
September 18th, 1937
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Who is TeaCake?
"Put dat two hundred back wid de rest, Janie. Mah dice. Ah no need no assistance tuh help me feed mah woman. From now on, you gointuh eat whutever mah money can buy uh and wear de same. When Ah ain’t got nothin’ you don’t git nothin’"
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Where Teacake was buried?
Palm Beach
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Men: Spend their lives chasing their dreams
Women: Create more realistic dreams
Dreams
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What was Phoebes husbands name?
Sam
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