Sula

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. In Medallion, what will replace the Time and a Half Pool Hall?

A) Reba’s Grill

B) White progress

C) Nu Nile

D) Black progress

2. People come to think of the Bottom as the bottom of what?

A) Heaven

B) The valley

C) The hill

D) Freedom

3. How does Shadrack get back to Medallion after World War I?

A) A sheriff reads Shadrack’s story and sends him home.

B) A doctor discharges Shadrack and sends him to jail.

C) A doctor discharges Shadrack because the hospital needs space.

D) An officer arrests Shadrack and places him in a wagon.

4. How does Helene Wright come to live in Medallion?

A) Her mother kicks her out of the house.

B) Her grandmother gives her a train ticket.

C) She runs away from Sundown House.

D) She rejects her mother for marriage.

5. What is Nel’s reaction to her first trip to New Orleans?

A) She becomes frightened of men, particularly soldiers.

B) She appreciates the comforts of a real bathroom.

C) She imagines her life will be important and remarkable.

D) She wants to live with Rochelle in New Orleans.

6. Who is most similar to BoyBoy?

A) Sula

B) Plum

C) Hannah

D) Jude

7. What does Sula believe happened to Eva’s leg?

A) Eva stuck it under a train and took a payout.

B) The leg ran off and Eva couldn’t catch it.

C) The leg fell off after an extreme treatment for corns.

D) Eva lost her leg in a wagon accident as a girl.

8. What is unusual about the Deweys?

A) They share a biological mother.

B) They merge into a single person.

C) They come from good homes.

D) They are unified but distinct.

9. Why does Eva think Plum should die?

A) He suffers from PTSD.

B) He isn’t eating.

C) He smokes crack.

D) He attacks his sister.

10. When they are children, how does Sula defend Nel?

A) She shows her willingness for self-harm.

B) She attacks some Irish boys with a knife.

C) She finds routes that allow them to avoid danger.

D) She throws dirt at the Irish boys until they run.

11. What misread omen precedes Hannah’s burning?

A) The coming of robins

B) The dream of a red wedding

C) The spoiling of canned goods

D) The bad taste of Kentucky Wonders

12. Where has Sula been in her time away from Medallion?

A) Visiting BoyBoy

B) Traveling with Jude

C) Running from Eva

D) Improving herself

13. What is Sula’s favorite gift from Ajax?

A) Jar of butterflies

B) Milk bottles

C) Old Dutch Cleanser

D) Blackberries on branches

14. What does Sula say will belong to her after “white women kiss all the black [men]”?

A) Peace

B) Respect

C) Love

D) Vengeance

15. Why do the people of Medallion attack the tunnel?

A) It represents decay.

B) It represents waste.

C) It represents racism.

D) It represents lost hope.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Although Sula does not appear in every chapter, the novel is titled after her. Why might Morrison have chosen this title?

2. The chapters of the book are marked by years, spanning 1919 to 1965. What is the significance of these dates?