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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The neighborhood used to be where people would hear singing and music and see what?
(a) Art
(b) Dancing
(c) Hard work
(d) Reading

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

3. How long did it take for Eva to build her house?
(a) 2 years
(b) 1 year
(c) 10 years
(d) 5 years

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

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

6. Who witnessed the horrific burning?
(a) Nel
(b) The Deweys
(c) Shadrack
(d) Sula

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

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

9. What does Sula threaten the boys with?
(a) A bat
(b) A slingshot
(c) A paring knife
(d) A gun

10. What is the result of Shadrack's panic after the incident in #27?
(a) He is arrested
(b) He is put into a straightjacket
(c) He is ignored
(d) He is beaten up

11. What holiday begins at the start of January in the town?
(a) Bottom Blessing Day
(b) Veteran's Day
(c) National Suicide Day
(d) New Year's Day

12. In whose house does Sula live?
(a) Her father's
(b) Her grandmother's
(c) Her uncle's
(d) Her sister's

13. The idea behind this town is that there is ________ on the outside, but _______ on the inside.
(a) Black, white
(b) Laughter, pain
(c) Pain, Laughter
(d) Peace, pain

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

15. What does Eva say she didn't notice that caused her to have poor judgment?
(a) The signs
(b) The day of the week
(c) Hannah's love for her
(d) The weather

Short Answer Questions

1. The land is so beautiful that the people often wondered if the farmer was not __________.

2. Who has a steady stream of lovers?

3. Who promised freedom to the slaves?

4. What does Sula fret over?

5. Who sees the trip as a way to begin being an individual?

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