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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the neighborhood that is the answer to #1?

2. What does Eva see as she looks out the window after getting the comb?

3. Who does Nel strike up a friendship with?

4. Where does Pearl move to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eva kill Plum, according to her?

2. Who does Nel marry in this section?

3. Why does Helene get married to Wiley Wright?

4. Why does Nel act so cordial toward Sula after all these years?

5. What does Sula eventually do to Eva?

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

7. What does Hannah take to her mother on Thursday?

8. What happens to Chicken Little?

9. Why is Shadrack released from the hospital?

10. What happened to BoyBoy, Eva's husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sula's reputation in the town becomes the thing of rumors and whispers. What are some of the things people of the town are saying she is? What does this do to the rest of the town? What affect does Sula have on the town as a whole? What begins to change in the Bottom? What does this seem to show? Can one person really affect a town that much?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the book, Nel is upset in thinking about her life and about the death of Sula. What do you think Nel is feeling at the end? Does she really feel sad about Sula's death? Why or why not? What else might Nel be upset about? What does this say about the friendship between Nel and Sula? Had Sula apologized, do you think Nel would have forgiven her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sula is the protector in her relationship with Nel. What does she do to protect her friend? Does Sula offer the same protection to herself? Why or why not? What does this protective part of Sula say about her and her relationship to Nel? What other reasons might Sula have for protecting her friend? Cite three ways in which Sula protects Nel and give reasons for each of these instances.

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