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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D?
(a) Because he did not tell Sethe about Halle sooner.
(b) Because she needs someone to be angry at.
(c) Because she thinks Paul D is lying.
(d) Because he did not say anything to help Halle.

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

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

4. What was the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?
(a) A cat whining
(b) The baby's ghost climbing the stairs
(c) Paul D laughing
(d) Beloved crying

5. What does Denver dream about Sethe?
(a) That she kills Beloved
(b) That she dies
(c) That she takes her up to heaven
(d) That she cuts off her head

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Denver say she drank from Sethe's nipple?

2. What does Beloved do while sitting in the kitchen with Denver?

3. Who do Sethe and Paul meet on the road when they are heading back to 124?

4. What does Beloved wonder about herself?

5. What does Sethe feed outside the back of her workplace?

(see the answer key)

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