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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Paul D have sex with Beloved?
(a) In the kitchen
(b) In the storehouse
(c) In the coldhouse
(d) In baby Suggs' bed

3. What happened to Sethe's mother?
(a) She married a slave owner
(b) She was hung
(c) She ran away back to her homeland
(d) She was imprisoned

4. Who is the only person Beloved wants to give her attention to?
(a) Paul D
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) Denver
(d) Sethe

5. How many other slaves is Paul D locked up with?
(a) 100
(b) 45
(c) 60
(d) 50

6. Where does Beloved work?
(a) A restaurant
(b) A cafe
(c) A factory
(d) A bar

7. Where does Denver have a secret spot where she can hide?
(a) In the garden
(b) In the attic
(c) By the river
(d) In the woods

8. What does Beloved do when Denver asks why she didn't cry?
(a) She cries
(b) She laughs
(c) She chokes
(d) She slaps Denver across the cheek

9. What is the name of the man that Sethe chose to marry?
(a) Paul F
(b) Paul A
(c) Halle
(d) Sixo

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

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

12. What did Mr. Garner trust about his slaves?
(a) Their work ethic
(b) Their honesty
(c) Their opinion
(d) Their humanity

13. Why does Paul D think he is not really a man?
(a) He can't perform in bed
(b) Because a young girl has had her way with him
(c) He has always had a high voice
(d) He finds other men attractive

14. Why is Sethe angry with Paul D?
(a) Because he was disppointing in bed
(b) Because he does not like her scar
(c) Because he has no money
(d) Because he has cast out the ghost

15. Why does Sethe remember Howard?
(a) He had an oddly shaped head.
(b) He had big cow like eyes.
(c) He had a huge nose.
(d) He had a beaming smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul D decide to tell Sethe?

2. Where did Halle and Sethe used to have sex after they were married?

3. Who does Denver think Beloved is?

4. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?

5. What does Beloved wonder about herself?

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