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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 does Hannah discover about the answer to #69?

2. Who does Nel strike up a friendship with?

3. Whose house is classy, proper, and clean?

4. What kind of work would it take to make the land productive?

5. Why is Helene nervous about traveling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turns Medallion 'silver'?

2. What does Sula eventually do to Eva?

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

4. How does Shadrack's first encounter with the enemy go?

5. What does Eva have to say about Hannah's accusations?

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

7. Why does Eva call the three children she's rescued from the street by one name?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eva is constantly taking in new people into her home, but what are her motivations for doing so? What does she say her motivations are? What do you think she really wants from these people? How do her actions in taking people in affect those boarders? Are there any success stories of the people who have lived in her home?

Essay Topic 2

The use of fire is symbolic in many ways to this story. Give two examples of how fire is used in this story. What does the fire symbolize to the story? How does it help the characters? How does it harm the characters? Conversely, what is the symbolism of water in this story? How is it used and what does it mean?

Essay Topic 3

The moniker of the 'Bottom' is introduced from the very beginning as a way to differentiate the area in Medallion. What do you think this name is meant to signify? In what ways is the name appropriate? In what ways is the name not appropriate? What other names might be appropriate for this town? Who do you think came up with this name?

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