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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?
(a) In toilet cubicles
(b) In wooden boxes
(c) In a prison cell
(d) In coffins

3. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?
(a) She took pride in the way people feared her house.
(b) She has no one to play with.
(c) She has no one to tease.
(d) She has no one to talk to.

4. Why was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) For swearing at his slave owner
(b) For trying to kill a man called Brandyman
(c) For having sex with a white woman
(d) For killing cattle

5. How does Sethe try to kill Denver?
(a) By throwing her into the river
(b) By swinging her at a wooden beam
(c) By dropping her from a great height
(d) By pouring boiling water over her

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the schoolteacher tell Mr. Garner's slaves?

2. What does Paul presume Beloved is?

3. What happen after Paul D has spent 86 days at the camp?

4. Why could Paul not help his friend?

5. Where was Paul D imprisoned?

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