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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. Why does Sethe think she does not have to explain anything to Beloved?

2. Who does Denver believe is coming to see her?

3. Who does Paul D say had all the good ideas?

4. Who does Paul say badly abused the slaves at Sweet Home?

5. What type of alcohol is Paul D drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is Paul D in denial that it is Sethe in the photograph?

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

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

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

6. What do you think the footprints by the stream mean?

7. How does this chapter move around the thoughts of the three women?

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

9. Why does Morrison use stream of consciousness in this chapter to express Sethe's thoughts?

10. Why do you think Denver does not want to hear Sethe's stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book many character change their names. For example, Baby Suggs changes her name from Janet. Why do you think people changed their names? Is there a difference between the characters that did change their names and the characters that did not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger"?

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it considered so wrong to use it now?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

Essay Topic 3

A ghost haunts 124. What do you think the ghost symbolizes? Why do you think they are so ready to believe in a ghost?

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