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 * Color Purple Questions Letters 44-55**

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

1. Miss Millie’s husband buys her a car. He refuses to teach her to drive, so she asks Sofia. As a reward, she drives Sofia to see her family during Christmas. Briefly detail what happened during the visit and how the visit ended and why?

2. Shug visits Celie and Mr. …………..during the Christmas holidays with her new husband, Grady. Celie and Mr. ………………… are both upset that she got married. When Grady and Mr. …………… go out together, what do Shug and Celie do?

3. Shug asks Celie about Nettie because Nettie is the only other person that Celie has ever loved. What does Shug then help Celie do that helps to connect Celie again with her long lost sister?

4. Celie is furious when she realizes that Albert has been taking Nettie's letters. What does she then do because of her fury? How does Shug enter into this act?

5. Why did Albert marry Annie Julia instead of Shug? How did Shug deal with Albert’s marriage?

6. Celie learns through Nettie’s letter that she has been living as a missionary in Africa. How did this come about?

7. Nettie writes to Celie that she read about the great civilizations in Africa's past. What is Nettie astonished to learn about Ethiopia? Where does she read this information? What does she learn about African treatment of their fellow Africans?