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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What war did Denver's brother leave to fight in?
(a) World War One
(b) The Civil War
(c) The Boers War
(d) The American Revolution

4. What does Sethe feed outside the back of her workplace?
(a) Dogs
(b) Children
(c) Birds
(d) Cats

5. What does Beloved wonder about herself?
(a) If her tooth will grow back
(b) How long she can stay together
(c) If she is really human
(d) How old she is

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beloved do when Denver asks why she didn't cry?

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

4. What does Denver ask Beloved after Beloved has pulled out her tooth?

5. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

(see the answer key)

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