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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Sethe's mother?
(a) She was hung
(b) She married a slave owner
(c) She was imprisoned
(d) She ran away back to her homeland

2. What is the name of Sethe's mother in-law?
(a) Beloved
(b) Denver
(c) Baby Suggs
(d) Mrs. Garner

3. Where does the woman come out from?
(a) The woods
(b) A hole in the sky
(c) The water
(d) The ground

4. Why does Sethe remember Howard?
(a) He had a huge nose.
(b) He had big cow like eyes.
(c) He had a beaming smile.
(d) He had an oddly shaped head.

5. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?
(a) On Christmas Day
(b) During the American Revolution
(c) During the Civil War
(d) On Independence Day

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pierced Sethe's ears?

2. How far does Paul D say that Sixo would walk to meet a woman?

3. How did the men on the plantation sate their sexual appetite?

4. Why is Sethe angry with Paul D?

5. Why are Denver and Sethe so surprised that the woman is called Beloved?

(see the answer key)

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