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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sula and Nel have always been known to be as ________.
(a) Lovers
(b) Twins
(c) One
(d) Sisters

2. What does Sula ask of Nel?
(a) If she can forgive her
(b) If she can make her sweet tea
(c) If she can fill her prescription
(d) If she can read to her

3. What is one of the rumors about the answer to #133?
(a) She eats too much
(b) He has a deal with the devil
(c) She sleeps with white men
(d) She is dying

4. What is something people do NOT notice about Sula that makes her different?
(a) She has perfectly straight hair
(b) She has all her teeth
(c) She has no bruises or scars
(d) She has never had childhood illnesses

5. Who walks through the town to visit people at the nursing home?
(a) Eva
(b) Pearl
(c) Hannah
(d) Nel

6. Sula returns to Medallion accompanied by a plague of __________.
(a) Mosquitoes
(b) Ticks
(c) Robins
(d) Fleas

7. Who does Nel marry?
(a) Dewey
(b) Wiley Wright
(c) Jude Greene
(d) BoyBoy

8. What happens to Medallion when the rain falls and freezes?
(a) It begins to disappear
(b) It turns silver
(c) It becomes uninhabitable
(d) It is forgotten

9. How long is it between visits for Sula and Nel?
(a) 4 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 10 days

10. Who does the answer to #171 visit first?
(a) Ellen
(b) Julianne
(c) Pearl
(d) Eva

11. How does Sula response to the attention that the groom gives to Nel?
(a) She ignores it
(b) She hates it
(c) She doesn't notice it
(d) She loves it

12. Who had to come in to take care of Sula's arrangements?
(a) White people
(b) Eva
(c) Nel
(d) The police

13. How long is it before Nel and Sula see each other again?
(a) 10 days
(b) 5 years
(c) 5 days
(d) 10 years

14. Where does Sula's visitor (as named in #139) head to when he leaves?
(a) Toledo
(b) Cincinnati
(c) Cleveland
(d) Dayton

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nel practice asking when she goes to visit Sula?

2. What causes the town to revert to its old ways?

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

4. What does Nel feel Eva is?

5. How does Sula learn of the man's real name?

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