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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sethe do as soon as she sees the woman?
(a) She vomits
(b) She faints
(c) She runs to the outhouse
(d) She screams

2. Why are Denver and Sethe so surprised that the woman is called Beloved?
(a) Because it was Sethe's name when she was at the plantation
(b) Because it is a white person's name
(c) Because it is the name of Sethe's dead daughter
(d) Because they did not think Beloved was a real name

3. What does Paul D manage to do while he is at the carnival?
(a) Make a few contacts for possible jobs
(b) Steal some money
(c) Secure a loan
(d) Find a job

4. Who gave Denver her perfume?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Miss Bodwin
(c) Paul D
(d) Sethe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say her name is?

2. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?

3. What does Beloved say it is like where she comes from?

4. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

5. Why does Mrs. Garner laugh at Sethe?

(see the answer key)

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