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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1940.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose grandmother is trying to keep her away from a certain place?
(a) Sula's
(b) Nel's
(c) Eva's
(d) Helene's

2. Who goes to war in 1917 and is never the same after he returns?
(a) Julian
(b) Plum
(c) Jude
(d) Mr. Suggs

3. What kind of work would it take to make the land productive?
(a) Backbreaking
(b) Slave
(c) Mechanical
(d) None at all

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

5. Who just 'filled a space' for Sula?
(a) BoyBoy
(b) Nel
(c) Eva
(d) Jude

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sula come to understand that she wants to tell Nel?

2. What is the name of the neighborhood in which most of the story takes place?

3. What is the name of the ice cream parlor the girls frequent?

4. Who says that she loves Sula, but she does not like her?

5. Who witnessed the horrific burning?

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