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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sethe say Paul D is not allowed to do?
(a) Cook
(b) Sleep in the house
(c) Enter her bedroom
(d) Yell or punish her daughter

2. How did the men on the plantation sate their sexual appetite?
(a) They visited prostitutes.
(b) They had sex with calves.
(c) They had sex with sheep.
(d) They had sex with each other.

3. Why does Paul D think he is not really a man?
(a) He finds other men attractive
(b) He has always had a high voice
(c) Because a young girl has had her way with him
(d) He can't perform in bed

4. Why could Paul not help his friend?
(a) He was wearing a bit in his mouth.
(b) He was not there.
(c) He was being beaten at the time.
(d) He was chained up.

5. Where does Paul sleep at first?
(a) In the bath tub
(b) On the floor
(c) On a chair
(d) Under Sethe's bed

6. Why does Sethe remember Howard?
(a) He had a beaming smile.
(b) He had a huge nose.
(c) He had big cow like eyes.
(d) He had an oddly shaped head.

7. Where does the woman come out from?
(a) The water
(b) The ground
(c) A hole in the sky
(d) The woods

8. Who does Baby Suggs claim is the only bad luck in the world?
(a) Black people
(b) White people
(c) Arab people
(d) Jewish people

9. What does the woman say her name is?
(a) Beloved
(b) Daisy
(c) Blossom
(d) Truly

10. What is the name of Sethe's dog?
(a) Abe
(b) Badger
(c) Here Boy
(d) Sinatra

11. How does Sethe react to Denver asking Paul D how long he is going to stay?
(a) She is offended
(b) She laughs
(c) She screams
(d) She cries

12. What does Denver want from Beloved?
(a) Her attention
(b) Her earrings
(c) Her shoes
(d) Her clothes

13. Where does Beloved work?
(a) A cafe
(b) A bar
(c) A factory
(d) A restaurant

14. Why did the perfume bottle break?
(a) Sete stood on it
(b) Because the perfume froze
(c) Denver dropped it.
(d) Denver threw it against a tree

15. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?
(a) She has no one to play with.
(b) She has no one to talk to.
(c) She took pride in the way people feared her house.
(d) She has no one to tease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sethe remember Baby Suggs telling her?

2. Why are Denver and Sethe so surprised that the woman is called Beloved?

3. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

4. What did Baby Suggs do for a living when Sethe arrived at 124?

5. Why is Sethe angry with Paul D?

(see the answer keys)

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