Their Eyes Were Watching God

Use these Teaching Materials to assess comprehension and facilitate analysis of a challenging text.

Reading-check questions can be used after students read chapter sets independently or as a group. Reading-check, reading comprehension, multiple-choice, and/or short-answer questions can be used as formative assessment tools as readers proceed through the book unit, or as summative assessment tools after the completion of the chapter set or book. Use the questions to review aloud after reading multiple chapter sets, or after completing the book in preparation for the unit test.

Questions can also be utilized in lesson planning and unit design.

Use questions as:

• Discussion starters (examples throughout)
• Entrance and exit “tickets”
• Writing activity ideas
• Prompts to create opportunities for finding evidence and support in the text, employing critical thinking skills, and practicing test-taking skills

CHAPTERS 1-4

READING CHECK

1. What is the name of the all-Black town to which Janie returns at the start the novel?

2. What is the name of Janie’s husband who just died?

3. To which character does Janie tell her story?

4. Who is Janie’s father?

5. Who is Logan Killicks?

6. What happens to Nanny a month after Janie reveals her marriage is loveless?

7. Which character takes Janie to Eatonville at the end of Chapter 4?

QUIZ

1. What scandal do Janie’s neighbors discuss at the start of the novel?