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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. Who does Paul D say he envies?

2. What does Sethe make so she and Beloved can enjoy good times together?

3. What two characters does Beloved have separate conversations with in this chapter?

4. What sort of building is Paul D sitting outside of?

5. Whose body does Stamp say he had to carry out of 124?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the diamonds signify in the water?

3. Why do you think Halle smears butter over his face?

4. Why does Stamp Paid show Paul D the article about Sethe?

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

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

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

8. Why do you think think that the slaves take names such as Baby Suggs?

9. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

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

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 2

Discuss how a black person was seen during the nineteenth century

1) Before the abolition of slavery

2) Immediately after the abolition of slavery.

3) How long has it taken for white people's negative views of black people to change? How much has it changed?

Essay Topic 3

In the book, Baby Suggs preached ex-slaves to like themselves again. What role did religion play in abolition of slavery? Was Christianity the African American's native religion? If not, why did they embrace it so fully?

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