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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1922.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Nel want Helene to translate for her?
(a) Volor
(b) Voulez
(c) Voir
(d) Vonir

2. Who does Nel strike up a friendship with?
(a) Sula
(b) Eva
(c) Julian
(d) Helen

3. How many children does Eva have?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1

4. When does Helene travel to see her dying grandmother?
(a) 1920
(b) 1919
(c) 1922
(d) 1921

5. How long was Shadrack in the hospital when he was?
(a) One day
(b) A week
(c) A month
(d) One year

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Eva's husband?

2. Who goes to war in 1917 and is never the same after he returns?

3. Where did the white farmer say the land was fertile and rich, so the slaves should go there, even though that's not where they ended up?

4. What is the name of the town in which the story takes place?

5. The beginning of the novel is unique because it's actually _______.

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