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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) Virginia
(b) Georgia
(c) Kentucky
(d) New York

2. Where does the Sheriff and his friends find Sethe?
(a) In the barn
(b) In the cold house
(c) In the woodshed
(d) In Baby Suggs' bedroom

3. Who arrives after the sheriff has taken Sethe away?
(a) A preacher
(b) Two children delivering shoes
(c) A peddlar
(d) Halle

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?

2. Why does Paul D think he is not really a man?

3. What has Sethe done to her baby?

4. In what way does Sethe say Halle mistreated her?

5. Why was Paul D imprisoned?

(see the answer key)

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