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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paul D think Sethe's scar does not look like a tree?
(a) Because trees are not red
(b) Because trees are inviting
(c) Because it does not have any leaves
(d) Because trees blow in the wind

2. What does Denver say she drank from Sethe's nipple?
(a) Honey
(b) Milk
(c) Beloved's blood
(d) Water

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

4. Who does Baby Suggs claim is the only bad luck in the world?
(a) Black people
(b) White people
(c) Arab people
(d) Jewish people

5. What does Sethe think happened to Beloved?
(a) She was impregnated by a white man
(b) She was locked up by a white man
(c) She ran away from her owner
(d) She was imprisoned

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Denver believe is coming to see her?

2. What has Sethe done to her baby?

3. What does Paul D end up telling Sethe?

4. Who does Sethe think Beloved hates?

5. What does Paul D do when Sethe says there was not another way?

(see the answer key)

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