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 * Color Purple Questions Letters 11-21**

Name: ………………………………………… Period: ……….. Date: ……………

1. Why does Nettie run away from home?

2. What does Nettie do for Celie while she lives with Celie and Mr. --?

3. Why is Nettie forced to move out of Celie’s home?

4. With who does Nettie go to live when she leaves Celie’s home?

5. Nettie promises Celie that she will write to Celie? What does Celie believe when she does not receive any letters?

6. Mr. _'s two sisters, Kate and Carrie, visit. Carrie admires Celie's housekeeping. What does Kate encourage Celie to do? How does Celie respond to Kate’s advice?

7. How does Celie respond to her husband beating her?

8. Who does the majority of the work in the fields?

9. Why does Sofia's father refuse to allow Harpo to marry her?

10. What are Harpo’s nightmares about? Who comfort him when he has the nightmares?

11. How does Mr. treat Sophia when she comes to the house to visit him when she and Harpo plan to get married?

12. Harpo marries Sofia after the baby is born. Where do the couple live? How does Harpo support his new family?

13. What is it about Sophia that makes Harpo very unhappy? Why does he eat like a pig and try to gain weight?

14. What advice does Celie offer to Harpo regarding how he should deal with Sophia?

15. What does Sophia do when she discovers the advice that Celie gave to Harpo?