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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?
(a) In wooden boxes
(b) In coffins
(c) In a prison cell
(d) In toilet cubicles

2. Where does Paul sleep at first?
(a) In the bath tub
(b) On the floor
(c) On a chair
(d) Under Sethe's bed

3. What does Sethe remember Baby Suggs telling her?
(a) To move back to her homeland
(b) To get married
(c) To give up the war
(d) To have children

4. What does Beloved ask Denver about?
(a) Her hiding place
(b) Sethe
(c) Her birth
(d) Paul D

5. Why is Denver jealous of Paul D?
(a) Because he has a bicycle
(b) Because he is popular in town
(c) Becasue he is taking Sethe's attention away
(d) Because he is better looking

6. Who does Sethe think about after she has sex with Paul D?
(a) Sixo
(b) Mr. Garner
(c) Denver
(d) Halle

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

8. In what way does Sethe say Halle mistreated her?
(a) He did not show up to run away with her.
(b) He mentally tortured her.
(c) He beat her.
(d) He never gave her money.

9. What does Paul D decide to tell Sethe?
(a) That he doen't want to get a job
(b) That he wants to marry her
(c) That he want to leave her
(d) That he has been having sex with Beloved

10. What did Baby Suggs do for a living when Sethe arrived at 124?
(a) She was a preacher
(b) She was a house servant
(c) She was a cook
(d) She played golf

11. Why did Halle break down?
(a) He saw Sethe being raped in the barn.
(b) He saw Sethe caressing a white boy.
(c) He saw Sethe being beaten.
(d) He saw Sethe trying to kill their children.

12. Where did Baby Suggs go to preach?
(a) A friend's house
(b) A church
(c) A barn
(d) A clearing

13. How many of Baby Suggs' sons ran away?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Eight
(d) Ten

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

15. What does Amy make Sethe the morning after the birth?
(a) A necklace
(b) Breakfast
(c) A bracelet
(d) A pair of shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paul D think Sethe's scar does not look like a tree?

2. What did Denver used to hide from?

3. What did Halle smear on his face?

4. What is the name of Sethe's dog?

5. What does Sethe do as soon as she sees the woman?

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