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

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

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

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

5. When Shadrack has his first encounter with the enemy, he feels the bite of the ________ in his boot.
(a) Snake
(b) Blood
(c) Nail
(d) Gun

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Helene and Nel travel to?

2. What is the newest theme of Sula and Nel's interest?

3. Whose grandmother is trying to keep her away from a certain place?

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

5. Who is playing chain gang by tying their laces together?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the retirement home is renovated, what does this mean?

2. Who does Nel marry in this section?

3. What does Hannah dream of after she cleans the beans for dinner and sees the Deweys with their laces tied together?

4. What is Shadrack given when he leaves the hospital after his year long stay?

5. Who are Eva's children in the novel "Sula?"

6. What is Sula's defense for the actions she has taken in her life?

7. What does Nel realize she feels about Chicken Little's death?

8. What does Sula threaten when she is talking with Eva?

9. What is happening to Sula when Nel finally visits her for the first time in three years?

10. What are some of the interesting things that others are noticing about Sula?

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