Sula Crossword Puzzle Study Guide:

Nel’s grandmother and former prostitute.
Mostly black community in Ohio.
Mostly white, wealthier community.
A resident of the Bottom, fought in WWI & returns a shattered man. He has a fear of unexpected death, so he institutes National Suicide Day. Every year on January 3rd, he marches through the Bottom declaring that people should commit suicide.
____ and Sula become childhood friends.
Who cuts off the tip of her own finger to stand up to the boys who are bullying her best friend?
Accidentally catches her dress on fire and dies from the burns.
Before Hannah’s death from the fire accident, while on fire, she runs to Mr. and Mrs. ______ house. They put her in the bathtub full of water and tomatoes.
___ jumps out the window & tries to land on Hannah to put the fire out but fails.
Before Hannah's death, she has a dream about a wedding and a red dress. Eva recalls that “weddings always meant death. And the red gown, well that was ____.” Eva thinks Hannah should have known.
Eva remembers one more thing about that day that she can't get out of her head. She recalls seeing "_____ standing on the back porch just looking" while her mom was on fire.
Sets her son on fire.
Eva's husband. He abandoned her when their three children were small.
Who tells their friends, “… I love Sula, I just don’t like her”?
_____ immigrants have come to Medallion; they experience discrimination from the wealthier whites who already live there.
As ___ was walking home from school, a group of Irish boys grab her and pushes her from hand to hand until they grew tired of the frightened helpless face.
Who pulls out a knife and cuts off part of their own fingertip in order to protect someone but did not receive gratitude, only disgust?
One day, Sula playfully swings a neighborhood boy, _______ ________, around by his hands. When she loses her grip, the boy falls into a nearby river and drowns.
Sula worries that _________ had seen the accident, so Sula runs to his house (even though she's terrified of him) and asks him if he saw what happened. He replied, “_______________.” Shadrack,
A white __________ finds the neighborhood boy’s body, he was not going to bother with the African American body until he realizes it’s a kid, so he ties the body to his boat and takes it to the sheriff who tells him to put it back.
_____ is the mother of Plum, Pearl, and Hannah Peace and one-legged grandmother of Sula. Eva Helene's strict, religious grandmother who arranged Helene's marriage to Wiley Wright, a seaman, at 16 years of age.
Eva's three informally adopted children, all of whom she named _______.
Chokes to death on a chicken bone.
Nel's husband. Works as a waiter in the Hotel Medallion. Later abandons Nel.
Has many lovers, including Sula, even though he finds them uninteresting. The only true loves of his life are his mother and airplanes.
Marries at the age of 14 and moves to Flint, Michigan. Named after Eva, but her nickname is "______."
Ralph Peace, nicknamed “______" is Eva's youngest and best-loved child. He fights in World War I, returning home with troubling memories and a heroin addiction. Later killed by his Mom, Eva.
A white alcoholic who lives in Eva Peace's home. She gave him this nickname as a joke.
Sula's father. Died when she was 3 years old.
Neglected, malnourished child living in the Bottom.
Sula has an affair with _____ _________.
The community labels Sula as ____ for the affair and for having several interracial relationships (with white men).