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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long into marriage does Helene have a daughter?
(a) Nine years
(b) Ten years
(c) Two years
(d) One year

2. Who is playing chain gang by tying their laces together?
(a) Nel and her sister
(b) Sula and some boys
(c) The Deweys
(d) Nel and Sula

3. What is the newest theme of Sula and Nel's interest?
(a) Makeup
(b) Men
(c) Soda
(d) Ice cream

4. What does Eva sit on?
(a) A wagon
(b) A hammock
(c) A chair
(d) A stool

5. Who promised freedom to the slaves?
(a) Sula
(b) BoyBoy
(c) A white farmer
(d) Eva

6. The slaves did the work and then asked for the "_________."
(a) Reward
(b) Money
(c) Contract
(d) Payment

7. How much money is Shadrack given after his release?
(a) $99
(b) $200
(c) $217
(d) Nothing

8. 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?
(a) The plains
(b) The fields
(c) The valley
(d) The hills

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

10. Who sees the trip as a way to begin being an individual?
(a) Nel
(b) Sula
(c) Helene
(d) Eva

11. Who is the protector in her friendship?
(a) Hannah
(b) Sula
(c) Eva
(d) Nel

12. What is the name of the town in which the story takes place?
(a) Meadows
(b) Medallion
(c) Sweet Meadows
(d) Monroe

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

14. What does the strong wind bring, which is strange to the town?
(a) Drier heat
(b) Hurricane
(c) Snow
(d) Heavy humidity

15. The land is so beautiful that the people often wondered if the farmer was not __________.
(a) Missing out
(b) Right
(c) Deceived
(d) Lying

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shadrack has his first encounter with the enemy, he feels the bite of the ________ in his boot.

2. What do people assume as Shadrack is walking down the road?

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

4. What frustrates Shadrack so much that he begins to cry?

5. Why would the person in #107 have watched?

(see the answer keys)

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