Summer School: TEWWG Chs. 5 & 6
Chaper 5:
1. What does Joe buy for Janie as they are traveling to Eatonville?
2. Describe the town as it is when Joe and Janie first arrive.
3. When Joe leaves town for the first time, who stays behind, and why?
4. How does Lee Coker respond to Amos Hicks and his criticism of Janie?
5. How does Hicks respond to Joe’s announcement that he is going to get a post office for Eatonville?
6. Why is Tony Taylor upset at Lige Moss during the party celebrating the store’s grand opening?
7. How does Joe decide to celebrate the arrival of the street lamp?
Chaper 6:
1. Sam tells Matt that his mule is in trouble by the lake. What has supposedly happened with the mule?
2. What does Joe do before he buys the mule?
3. How much does Matt get for the mule?
4. What is Sam and Lige’s argument about?
5. What position does each man hold in this argument, and what proof do they offer?
6. Why are Jim and Dave arguing in the store?
7. How does Joe ruin the argument for Janie?
8. According to Joe, what is the difference between him and Janie?
9. Why does Joe pretend to read the paper when Mrs. Robbins walks...
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cselph
Chapter 5
1. Joe bought Janie "the best things the butcher had." Which consisted of apples and a glass lantern full of candies.
2. The town had a scant dozen of shame-faced houses scattered in the sand and palmetto roots. They both think it's a whole heap littler than they thought.
3. When Joe leaves for the first time Hicks stays because he's gained an interest in Janie.
4. Lee Coker responds to Amos Hicks by telling him that there's no way he has a chance to steal Janie from a rich, powerful man like Joe.
5. Hicks responds to Joe’s announcement by saying that it's common sense that white folks won't allow blacks to run their own post office.
6. Tony Taylor was upset at Lige Moss during the party because he cut him off while giving his speech.
7. Joe decides to celebrate the arrival of the street lamp by inviting people to the town and have a lighting ceremony.
Chapter 6
1. The mule was being taunted by some of the people in the town.
2. Joe talks Matt down from the original price of the mule for fifteen dollars to five dollars.
3. Matt gets five dollars for the mule.
4. Sam and Lige’s argument was about whether or not a man kept away from a red hot stove because thats what he was taught or by nature.
5. Sam believes that it's nature that keeps a man off of a red hot stove and Lige believes that the knowledge is taught. Sam offers proof that God made nature and nature made everything else. Lige provides his proof by asking what the necessity of hair around a man's mouth and why a black hen lays a white egg.
6. Jim and Dave are arguing in the store because both men think they each love Daisy more than the other.
7. Joe ruins the argument for Janie by telling her to go see what Mrs. Bogle wants. Janie wanted to hear how the argument ended but she obeyed Joe with dissatisfaction.
8. According to Joe, the difference between him and Janie is that he can think for himself but he also has to do the thinking for her because Janie is incapable of doing so.
9. Joe pretends to read the paper because they share an affection for one another.
A.Martinez
chapter 5
1. he buys her the best things the butcher had like, apples and a glass lantern filled with candies.
2. it was very small and not very nice looking, poor.
3. amos hicks stays behind because he wants to talk to janie cause he likes her looks.
4. coker says that hicks cant take a woman like janie away from a wealthy man like joe.
5. hicks wasnt ready to have colored people in post offices yet.
6. he got mad because lige moss ruined the speech.
7. he decides to celebrate with a big gathering.
chapter 6
1. the women got the mule and were using him as a wash board.
2. he haggles matt for a low price on the mule.
3. matt gets five dollars for the mule.
4. the argue about what keeps them away from hot stoves.
5. lige says that its nature that keeps you away from a red hot stove and sam says thats its caution that keeps you away from a red hot stove.
6. jim and dave are arguing about who loves daisy more.
7. joe tells her to get back inside the shop to see what mrs. Bogle wanted.
8. joe says that he understands mre things than janir does, and that she should do what he tells her to do.
9. he pretended to read the newspaper because he pretended to not notice that she was there.
gmachin
Chapter 5
1. On the way to Eatonville, Joe buys Janie "all the best things the butcher had, like apples and a glass lantern full of candies."
2. When Joe and Janie first arrive in Eatonville, it is only a "raw place in the woods," only about 50 acres and with no mayor.
3. When Joe leaves town to buy land, Hicks stays behind to flirt with Janie.
4. When Hicks criticizes Janie, Coker respons by telling him that he doesn't stand a chance with Janie.
5. When Hicks hears that Joe is going to get a post office for the town, he gets irritated by the idea of black people running it.
6. During the party celebrating the opening of the store, Tony Taylor is upset at Lige Moss for interrupting his speech.
7. Joe celebrates the arrival of the street lamp by putting it on display for a week, and inviting the entire county to the lighting.
Chapter 6
1. Sam tells Matt that the women are down by the lake, using his mule as a washboard.
2. Before buying the old mule, Joe makes the men stop tormenting it.
3. Joe buys the mule from Matt for $5.
4. Sam and Lige argue over wether instinct or learned caution keeps a man from touching a hot stove.
5. Sam thinks that natural instinct tells a man not to touch a stove, because common sense, like everything else, is born out of nature. Lige thinks otherwise, and disproves Sam's belief that nature has made everything by saying that it hasn't made it possible to "ride uh butt-headed cow and hold on tuh de horns." Walter agrees, and says that caution is better than nature.
6. Jim and Dave are arguing over who loves Daisy more, each saying that they would do more than the other for her.
7. Joe ruined the argument for Janie by telling her to see what Mrs. Bogle wants.
8. Joe says that Janie, unlike himself, needs to be told what to do.
9. Joe pretends to be reading the paper when Mrs. Robbins walks up because he wants to get on her good side, but on his own terms.
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