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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in the neighborhood that is the answer to #1?
(a) The Negroes
(b) The children
(c) The farmers
(d) The whites

2. What do Nel and Helene get on by accident?
(a) The white car
(b) The wrong train
(c) The wrong platform
(d) The wrong ship

3. Helene tells her daughter she does not speak ________ and never will.
(a) Latin
(b) Spanish
(c) Creole
(d) French

4. What is strange about Eva's comb?
(a) It is a different color
(b) Eva can not find it at first
(c) It is bent
(d) It is broken

5. What does Sula fret over?
(a) Eva's behavior
(b) The newlyweds living at the house
(c) The loss of Nel
(d) The Deweys

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the seeds when the people would try to farm in this new land?

2. What does Eva see as she looks out the window after getting the comb?

3. The slaves did the work and then asked for the "_________."

4. Who does Eva credit with saving her life?

5. How much money is Shadrack given after his release?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Chicken Little?

2. What is Eva's response when Sula comes to visit her?

3. What happens to Teapot, the five year old boy that knocks on Sula's door?

4. Who does Nel marry in this section?

5. Why is Shadrack arrested after his release from the hospital?

6. What is the name of the town where the story takes place?

7. Why does Helene return to see her grandmother?

8. What is the story of Tar Baby?

9. Why does Nel act so cordial toward Sula after all these years?

10. What did the farmer tell the slaves about the land?

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