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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the woman sitting when Sethe, Denver and Paul D arrive back from the carnival?
(a) On a stump outside the house
(b) On the porch
(c) On the grass
(d) On Sethe's bed

2. What happen after Paul D has spent 86 days at the camp?
(a) It begins to rain
(b) He kills one of the guards
(c) He falls deathly ill
(d) It beins to snow

3. Why could Paul not help his friend?
(a) He was wearing a bit in his mouth.
(b) He was being beaten at the time.
(c) He was not there.
(d) He was chained up.

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

5. Where does Paul D sleep after he is tired of sleeping in Baby Suggs' bed?
(a) In the storehouse
(b) In the coldhouse
(c) In the bath tub
(d) In the kitchen

6. What does Sethe feed outside the back of her workplace?
(a) Dogs
(b) Cats
(c) Birds
(d) Children

7. Who gave Sethe her diamond earrings?
(a) Sixo
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) Mrs. Garner
(d) Halle

8. What does Denver decide not to tell her mother?
(a) Beloved's visits to Paul D in the coldhouse
(b) Beloved is a murderer
(c) Beloved is trying to kill Paul
(d) Beloved is a ghost

9. Who owned Sweet Home?
(a) The Garners
(b) Denver
(c) Baby Suggs
(d) The Fords

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

11. Why does Mrs. Garner laugh at Sethe?
(a) She falls and breaks her leg
(b) Because she asks if she can have a wedding
(c) She asks if she can have a holiday
(d) She falls pregnant

12. Why does Mrs. Garner laugh at Sethe for wanting a wedding?
(a) She thinks Sethe is too unattractive to ever find husband.
(b) Slaves are banned from having weddings.
(c) She thinks slaves do not have human desires such as wanting a wedding.
(d) Sethe does not have the money for a wedding.

13. What does Denver ask Beloved after Beloved has pulled out her tooth?
(a) If she is hurt
(b) To do it again
(c) If she can make a wish
(d) If she can give her the tooth

14. Who pierced Sethe's ears?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Denver
(c) Halle
(d) Sethe

15. What does Paul D think Beloved is doing to him?
(a) Pushing him out
(b) Moving him around the house
(c) Mentally torturing him
(d) Flirting with him

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the schoolteacher tell Mr. Garner's slaves?

2. What did Sethe tell Amy her real name was?

3. How long is it since Paul D and Sethe last saw each other?

4. What did Baby Suggs do for a living when Sethe arrived at 124?

5. Who gave Denver her perfume?

(see the answer keys)

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