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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) Danny
(b) Dewey
(c) Dilbert
(d) Darius

2. What is waiting for Shadrack when he wakes up?
(a) A book
(b) His meal
(c) A waitress
(d) A friend

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

4. When was Shadrack in the war?
(a) 1918
(b) 1917
(c) 1922
(d) 1912

5. What is the name of the neighborhood in which most of the story takes place?
(a) Top
(b) Bottom
(c) Below
(d) Beneath

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helene move to?

2. Who does Nel strike up a friendship with?

3. The beginning of the novel is unique because it's actually _______.

4. Why is Helene nervous about traveling?

5. What is strange about Eva's comb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turns Medallion 'silver'?

2. What are some of the rumors that begin to fly about Sula?

3. How would the neighborhood be described as in the past?

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

5. Why does Helene return to see her grandmother?

6. What amazes Nel as she considered the way things have changed?

7. What accompanies Sula when she returns to Medallion?

8. Why is Shadrack arrested after his release from the hospital?

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

10. What happens when the strong wind comes that is strange to the town? What usually happens?

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