Characters
Characters II
Significant Events
Significant Events II
Signs & Symbols
100
Best friends; grow up throughout the novel as they experience various traumatic & life changing events
Who are Sula Peace and Nel Wright?
100
Young boy accidentally drowned; his body isn't found for three days
Who is Chicken Little?
100
Seen as a sign of good times ahead by the people of The Bottom; doesn't even hurt at all
What is Sula's death?
100
Foreshadowed by a dream of a red wedding dress; unsuccessfully stopped by Eva
What is Hannah's death?
100
Accompanies Sula when she returns to the Bottom; seen as a sign that she is evil
What is the plague of robins?
200
One legged matriarch; mother of three & leader of the Peace clan
Who is Eva Peace?
200
Develops a drug problem after coming back from war; is burned alive
Who is Plum Peace?
200
Final realization that it was Sula not Jude that Nel had missed all along; occurs just after Nel visits Eva in the nursing home
What is Nel's epiphany?
200
Reflects a difference in Nel and Sula's values; one is heartbroken by the event, the other doesn't see it as a big deal
What is Jude's affair with Sula?
200
Short Answer: What is the significance of fire in Sula? [Hint: who burns to death? why?]
Varies
300
A veteran of the first world war; originator of National Suicide Day
Who is Shadrack?
300
Marries because he wants to be completed by a woman; later cheats on his wife
Who is Jude Greene?
300
An upsetting event in Nel's childhood; happens as a result of segregation rules at the time; causes black soldiers to express hatred toward Nel's mother
What is Hannah disrespected by conductor when she accidentally walks through a white train car?
300
An accident that brings Nel and Sula closer together when they are young; may have been witnessed by Shadrack
What is Chicken Little's death?
300
Follows Nel as she deals with the loss of her husband
What is the grey ball?
400
One of the most handsome men in the Bottom; initially encounters Sula and Nel as they walk to the ice cream parlor
Who is Ajax?
400
Beautiful woman; sleeps with men in the town but is still accepted by their wives who view her actions as a compliment to themselves
Who is Hannah Peace?
400
Teaches Sula the feeling of possessiveness (or even love); precedes Sula's death
What is Sula's relationship with Ajax?
400
This quote refers to which event" "Mamma. She sure was somethin'. He felt twilight. Now there seemed to be some kind of wet light traveling over his legs and stomach with a deeply attractive smell. It wound itself - this wet light - all about him, splashing and running into his skin."
What is Plum's death?
400
The substance Nel's mother figuratively turns into when she faces the conductor & the judgment of the black soldiers on the train; substance Nel feels she has turned into when she catches Jude & Sula sleeping together
What is custard?
500
An imposing figure in the Bottom; raises her daughter to follow the rules and is glad that her daughter isn't beautiful
Who is Helene Wright?
500
A prostitute at the Sundown House in New Orleans
Who is Rochelle?
500
What event does this quote refer to: "A lot of them died there. The earth, now warm, shifted; the first forepole slipped; loose rock fell from the face of the tunnel and caused a shield to give way. They found themselves in a chamber of water, deprived of the sun that had brought them there. With the first crack and whoosh of water, the clamber to get out was so fierce that others who were trying to help were pulled to their deaths."
What is National Suicide Day 1941
500
Event witnessed by Shadrack during WWI that traumatized him and contributed to his PTSD
What is seeing a soldier's head blown off while the soldier's body kept running?
500
Represents masculinity to Jude; his disappointment at not being selected for this leads to his decision to marry Nel
What is a job working on the New River Road?
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