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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul presume Beloved is?
(a) A prophet
(b) A mental patient
(c) A ghost
(d) An escaped slave

2. Why was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) For having sex with a white woman
(b) For swearing at his slave owner
(c) For trying to kill a man called Brandyman
(d) For killing cattle

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

4. How does Sethe try to kill Denver?
(a) By pouring boiling water over her
(b) By swinging her at a wooden beam
(c) By throwing her into the river
(d) By dropping her from a great height

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul D decide to tell Sethe?

2. Where does Beloved work?

3. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

4. Where was Paul D imprisoned?

5. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?

(see the answer key)

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