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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul D decide to tell Sethe?
(a) That he doen't want to get a job
(b) That he wants to marry her
(c) That he has been having sex with Beloved
(d) That he want to leave her

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

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

4. What has Sethe done to her baby?
(a) Drowned her
(b) Cut out her eyes
(c) Cut her throat
(d) Hung her

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other slaves is Paul D locked up with?

2. Why was Paul D imprisoned?

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

4. What does Denver ask Paul D?

5. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D?

(see the answer key)

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