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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eva rescues three children from the street, but what does she call them all?
(a) Darius
(b) Dewey
(c) Dilbert
(d) Danny

2. Whose was an honorable death, according to Eva?
(a) Shadrack's
(b) Chicken Little's
(c) Plum's
(d) BoyBoy's

3. Who does Eva credit with saving her life?
(a) Nel
(b) Hannah
(c) Sula
(d) An orderly

4. The beginning of the novel is unique because it's actually _______.
(a) The ending
(b) A dream
(c) A joke
(d) A hallucination

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to war in 1917 and is never the same after he returns?

2. Who has a steady stream of lovers?

3. What is the word Sula uses to describe Shadrack's house?

4. The slaves did the work and then asked for the "_________."

5. What does Hannah take to her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the date of National Suicide Day?

2. What are Sula and Hannah's reputations among the women in regards to their attitudes toward men?

3. What is the newest interest of Sula and Nel as they go off on their random adventures?

4. What is Eva's response when Sula comes to visit her?

5. What turns Medallion 'silver'?

6. How does Sula show her protectiveness when the boys approach her and Nel?

7. What happens to Chicken Little?

8. Who does Nel marry in this section?

9. What causes Shadrack to be so frightened when he is in the hospital?

10. How did the people of the neighborhood named in #1 come to live there?

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