Their Eyes Were Watching God | Chapter 10: Summary and Analysis

New Character:
Tea Cake (Vergible) Woods: A fun-loving man who lives a few miles from Eatonville.

Summary
Janie is alone in the store one day because the rest of the town, including Hezekiah, is in Winter Park watching a baseball game. Since no one has come to the store, Janie decides to close up early. Just then, Tea Cake Woods walks into the store, and explains that he thought the game was at a different park. Janie and Tea Cake immediately trade jokes, and Tea Cake teaches her how to play checkers.

Tea Cake pretends to leave, but ends up...



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