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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. Why would the person in #107 have watched?

2. Eva rescues three children from the street, but what does she call them all?

3. What is the name of the child who becomes constipated?

4. This neighborhood of the town started off as a "________."

5. What do Nel and Helene get on by accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the second strange thing that happens in the town?

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

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

6. What are Sula and Nel's ideas about where Sula should stay?

7. What does Sula overhear when she is using the toilet at her house?

8. What is Nel taken aback by when she visits Eva?

9. What happens to Chicken Little?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Nel and Sula are complete opposites, they still become fast friends. Why do you think this happens? What does Nel admire in Sula? What does Sula admire in Nel? Why are they seen as one person after a while? What is the point of their friendship in relation to the rest of the story? Does this seem to indicate that opposites make good friends? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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