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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives to take Sethe back to Sweethome?
(a) The sherriff and his cousin
(b) Mr and Mrs Garner
(c) The sherriff and his wife
(d) The sherriff, the schoolteacher, and the schoolteacher's nephew

2. Whose story does the novel turn back to in chapter 15?
(a) Mr. Garner's
(b) Halle's
(c) Sixo's
(d) Baby Suggs's

3. What did Baby Suggs turn the outside kitchen into?
(a) A TV room
(b) A cold house
(c) A store house
(d) A woodshed

4. Who comes back to 124 at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Paul D
(b) Stamp Paid
(c) Baby Suggs
(d) The Sheriff

5. Who does the man on the horse ask for?
(a) Beloved
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) Judy
(d) Sethe

6. Why did Paul D leave the Union army?
(a) They tortured blackmen
(b) They would not give blackmen rifles
(c) They tried to hang him
(d) He did nothing but cook and polish shoes

7. Who stops Sethe from killing Denver?
(a) The Schoolteacher
(b) Halle
(c) Paul D
(d) Stamp Paid

8. Why did Sethe get fired?
(a) She threw a plate at a customer
(b) She stopped going into work
(c) She did not smile
(d) She was consistently late

9. Who does Denver believe is coming to see her?
(a) Halle
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) The schoolteacher
(d) Mrs. Garner

10. What sort of building is Paul D sitting outside of?
(a) A church
(b) A restaurant
(c) A factory
(d) A store

11. Who arrives after the sheriff has taken Sethe away?
(a) A preacher
(b) Halle
(c) Two children delivering shoes
(d) A peddlar

12. What happened to Beloved when Sethe became thinner?
(a) She started to resemble Sethe
(b) She started acting like a baby
(c) She became nasty
(d) She grew bigger and bigger

13. Who does Paul D say has offered him a place to stay?
(a) The church minister
(b) Beloved
(c) The slaughterhouse owner
(d) Janey

14. What does Beloved say came to mix the men with the women?
(a) A tornado
(b) A hurricaine
(c) A storm
(d) A group of slave hunters

15. Where does the Sheriff and his friends find Sethe?
(a) In Baby Suggs' bedroom
(b) In the barn
(c) In the woodshed
(d) In the cold house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sethe tell Paul in the end?

2. How did Mr. Garner die?

3. How does Sethe try to kill Denver?

4. Who arrives at 124 at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What type of alcohol is Paul D drinking?

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