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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. From whose point of view is this chapter written?

2. What war did Denver's brother leave to fight in?

3. Why don't the party goers like Baby Suggs?

4. Where does Paul D work?

5. Who does Paul D say has offered him a place to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the black statue outside the Bodwin's signify?

2. Why does Morrison say loneliness can be dealt with by rocking in a fetal position?

3. What do you think the single, unbroken paragraph in chapter twenty signifies?

4. What does the red ribbon Stamp carries around symbolize?

5. What does the fact Stamp hears dead black people signify?

6. Why did Sethe's sons leave to fight in the Civil War?

7. Why do the other ex-slaves hate Baby Suggs so much?

8. Do you think a white family would take in a white man as a black family would take in a black man?

9. What does Denver stepping out of the house signify?

10. Why does Stamp ask about a woman he does not know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe conditions in the Georgian prison camp. Why were there just slaves in the prison? What is the significance that the guards asked for sexual favors?

Essay Topic 3

Paul D, Sethe, and Denver spend a day at the carnival set aside for black people. They enjoy it because they get to laugh at white people.

1) What would you think of white people if you were a black person during this time? Would you hide your feelings?

2) Think about if you were white. How difficult would it be to form a decent opinion of black people when society went out of its way to dehumanize them? Do you think white people's upbringings conditioned them to treat black people so badly?

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