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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D?
(a) Because she thinks Paul D is lying.
(b) Because she needs someone to be angry at.
(c) Because he did not say anything to help Halle.
(d) Because he did not tell Sethe about Halle sooner.

2. Whose body does Stamp say he had to carry out of 124?
(a) Beloved
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) Halle's
(d) The schoolteacher's nephew's

3. What does Sethe tell Paul in the end?
(a) That she tried to take her babies somewhere safe
(b) That she loved her babies too much to allow them to live in such a world
(c) That she was afraid the white people would kill her babies
(d) That she couldn't afford to keep her babies

4. What does Paul D end up telling Sethe?
(a) He thinks Beloved is her dead daughter
(b) He wants to have a child with her
(c) He wants to get married
(d) He has fallen in love with Beloved

5. What happens as Denver tells the story of her birth?
(a) It comes alive before her eyes
(b) Beloved falls into a trance
(c) Her mother begins to scream
(d) Beloved faints

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sethe know Beloved is her child?

2. How did Mr. Garner die?

3. What does Paul D tell Stamp Paid he does not want to see anymore of?

4. Where is the woman sitting when Sethe, Denver and Paul D arrive back from the carnival?

5. How many people come to the party?

(see the answer key)

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