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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Denver ask Paul D?
(a) If he is a man or a mouse
(b) How old he is
(c) How long he is going to hang around
(d) What his real name he is

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

4. How do the guards wake the men up in the Georgia prison?
(a) By hitting them over the head
(b) To the sound of rifles
(c) By pushing over the boxes
(d) By shouting in their ears

5. What did Mr. Garner trust about his slaves?
(a) Their humanity
(b) Their opinion
(c) Their work ethic
(d) Their honesty

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Paul D imprisoned?

2. How does Sethe try to kill Denver?

3. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?

4. What does Paul D end up telling Sethe?

5. What has Sethe done to her baby?

(see the answer key)

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