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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beloved ask Denver about?
(a) Sethe
(b) Her birth
(c) Her hiding place
(d) Paul D

2. Where does Paul D take Sethe and Denver?
(a) To a fun fair
(b) To the cinema
(c) To the theatre
(d) To a carnival

3. What does Beloved say it is like where she comes from?
(a) Cloudy
(b) Hot
(c) Beautiful
(d) Cold

4. Why did Halle break down?
(a) He saw Sethe caressing a white boy.
(b) He saw Sethe being raped in the barn.
(c) He saw Sethe trying to kill their children.
(d) He saw Sethe being beaten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul D remember meeting fellow slaves?

2. Why is Denver jealous of Paul D?

3. What does Sethe feed outside the back of her workplace?

4. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D?

5. Where was Paul D imprisoned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Denver ask Beloved if she saw Jesus?

2. Why do you think Mrs. Garner laughs at Sethe when she asks if she can have a proper wedding?

3. Why does Amy consider her self as low in the social scale as slaves when she is white?

4. Why do think Paul thinks that Beloved is moving him around the house?

5. How is it significant that Denver's story comes alive?

6. What do you think Baby Suggs meant by giving up the war?

7. Is it significant that Denver looks after Beloved and not Sethe?

8. Why was Sethe so angry about the boys taking her milk?

9. Why is Denver convinced that Beloved is her sister?

10. Why does Paul question his manhood?

(see the answer keys)

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