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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sethe react to Denver asking Paul D how long he is going to stay?
(a) She laughs
(b) She cries
(c) She is offended
(d) She screams

2. Where was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) New York
(b) Virginia
(c) Georgia
(d) Kentucky

3. Who arrives after the sheriff has taken Sethe away?
(a) A preacher
(b) Halle
(c) A peddlar
(d) Two children delivering shoes

4. What does Paul notice about Beloved?
(a) She is a ghost
(b) She does not remember her past
(c) She has no toes
(d) That she desires for someone in the house

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Halle break down?

2. What does Denver say she saw holding Sethe?

3. Why was Paul D imprisoned?

4. Where does the Sheriff and his friends find Sethe?

5. What has Sethe done to her baby?

(see the answer key)

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