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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) For having sex with a white woman
(b) For killing cattle
(c) For swearing at his slave owner
(d) For trying to kill a man called Brandyman

2. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?
(a) During the American Revolution
(b) During the Civil War
(c) On Independence Day
(d) On Christmas Day

3. Where does Paul D sleep after he is tired of sleeping in Baby Suggs' bed?
(a) In the storehouse
(b) In the kitchen
(c) In the coldhouse
(d) In the bath tub

4. Who does Sethe think about after she has sex with Paul D?
(a) Mr. Garner
(b) Halle
(c) Sixo
(d) Denver

5. What happen after Paul D has spent 86 days at the camp?
(a) It beins to snow
(b) He falls deathly ill
(c) He kills one of the guards
(d) It begins to rain

6. What is the name of the man that Sethe chose to marry?
(a) Paul F
(b) Sixo
(c) Paul A
(d) Halle

7. What does Beloved do when Denver asks why she didn't cry?
(a) She slaps Denver across the cheek
(b) She laughs
(c) She chokes
(d) She cries

8. Where does Paul D remember meeting fellow slaves?
(a) In a shed
(b) In a graveyard
(c) In a barn
(d) Under a tree

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

10. What did Baby Suggs do for a living when Sethe arrived at 124?
(a) She was a cook
(b) She was a preacher
(c) She played golf
(d) She was a house servant

11. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D?
(a) Because she needs someone to be angry at.
(b) Because he did not tell Sethe about Halle sooner.
(c) Because he did not say anything to help Halle.
(d) Because she thinks Paul D is lying.

12. Who is Beloved fascinated by?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Denver
(c) Sethe
(d) Paul D

13. What did Baby Suggs teach?
(a) That they were human beings
(b) That everyone should be happy with their bodies
(c) That life was to live
(d) That white men were evil

14. What does Beloved do while sitting in the kitchen with Denver?
(a) She takes out an eye
(b) She pulls out a tooth
(c) She removes her hair
(d) She pulls off a finger nail

15. What does Paul D manage to do while he is at the carnival?
(a) Make a few contacts for possible jobs
(b) Secure a loan
(c) Find a job
(d) Steal some money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Baby Suggs claim is the only bad luck in the world?

2. Why did Halle break down?

3. What does Amy make Sethe the morning after the birth?

4. What did the Garners pride themselves in doing?

5. What does Beloved ask Paul D?

(see the answer keys)

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