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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sula when Chicken Little dies?
(a) 9
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 10

2. What is the name of the ice cream parlor the girls frequent?
(a) Edna Finch's Mellow House
(b) Emma Lee's Ice Cream Parlor
(c) Edna May's Mighty Mellow Mart
(d) Ellie's Soda and Ice Cream Shop

3. What frustrates Shadrack so much that he begins to cry?
(a) His money
(b) His friend
(c) His boots
(d) His papers

4. What does the neighbor dump onto Hannah?
(a) A vat of gravy
(b) A cup of lemonade
(c) A bucket of ice
(d) A tub of tomatoes and water

5. Who works as a ship's cook?
(a) Wiley Wright
(b) Sula
(c) Helene
(d) Nel

6. Who only sees the happiness in the town?
(a) The farmer
(b) Outsiders
(c) Sula
(d) Eva

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

8. Where do Helene and Nel travel to?
(a) Mexico City
(b) New Orleans
(c) Austin
(d) Massachusetts

9. Who does Eva give 10 dollars to when she picks up her kids?
(a) Pearl
(b) Plum
(c) Mrs. Suggs
(d) Sula

10. What does Sula threaten the Deweys with?
(a) Cutting them with a knife
(b) Not feeding them
(c) Telling on them
(d) Giving them a bath

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

12. Who finds Chicken Little's body?
(a) A bargeman
(b) Tar Baby
(c) Shadrack
(d) BoyBoy

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

14. Whose house is classy, proper, and clean?
(a) Nel's
(b) Anna's
(c) Eva's
(d) Sula's

15. What is the town being destroyed to make room for?
(a) A city golf course
(b) A shopping mall
(c) A theme park
(d) An apartment complex

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promised freedom to the slaves?

2. When was Shadrack in the war?

3. Who has a steady stream of lovers?

4. How long did it take for Eva to build her house?

5. In whose house does Sula live?

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