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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul D manage to do while he is at the carnival?

2. Where does Paul sleep at first?

3. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?

4. What happen after Paul D has spent 86 days at the camp?

5. Why does Sethe remember Howard?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it significant that Beloved pulls out a tooth?

3. Do you think it is important that Sethe's scar resembles a tree?

4. Why does Paul question his manhood?

5. Why does Denver deny that she saw Beloved pick up a chair?

6. How has the ghost affected Sethe's life?

7. Why do you think Denver is so jealous of Paul D's presence?

8. Why does Denver not want Sethe to undo her braids?

9. Why does Paul call his tobacco tin his heart?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following statement: Denver's deafness is a psychosomatic disorder brought on by the hardships she has suffered.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the historical setting of the novel.

1) What were the rights of the ex-slaves? Were their lives any better? What kind of jobs did they get?

2) Was slavery completely abolished at this time?

Essay Topic 3

Sethe is an ex-slave from Kentucky. What problems do you think Sethe faces as a slave here? Was it worse in other places? How do you think it has shaped Sethe as a person?

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