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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. What is so special about the item in #97?

2. What is waiting for Shadrack when he wakes up?

3. What did the farmer compare the land to?

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

5. What does Sula threaten the Deweys with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Sula and Nel in terms of their physical features and temperaments.

6. What are some signs that the Bottom is improving after Sula's death?

7. What has Eva done to her house over the past five years?

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

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

10. Describe Jude Greene.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The start of the novel is actually the ending, which makes the reader understand where the story is headed. What is the use of the ending at the beginning meant to say about the story? Does this beginning help to strengthen the story? Why or why not? Does this beginning weaken or strengthen the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

When Sula has an affair with Jude, this seems to be the biggest blow to her friendship with Nel. Why did Sula have the affair in the first place? What is Nel's reaction? Why doesn't Jude go back to Nel? What does the affair seem to say about the dynamics between women and men as opposed to those between women?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the scene that includes Chicken Little, Sula, and Nel. What happens in this scene? What do you think Sula and Nel both thought when he did not emerge from the water? Do they feel guilty about their actions at this point? Why or why not? Do you think Shadrack understands what has happened? Why or why not? What does this scene say about Sula?

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