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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?
(a) She has no one to talk to.
(b) She has no one to tease.
(c) She has no one to play with.
(d) She took pride in the way people feared her house.

2. How many years is its since Sethe's baby died?
(a) Five years
(b) Nine years
(c) Eight years
(d) Ten years

3. What is the name of the plantation where Paul D and Sethe first met?
(a) Peace and Understanding
(b) All You Need
(c) Sweet Home
(d) Home Comfort

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

5. What did Halle smear on his face?
(a) Horse dung
(b) Lard
(c) Butter
(d) Chocolate

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

7. Who is Beloved fascinated by?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Sethe
(c) Denver
(d) Paul D

8. What is the name of Sethe's dog?
(a) Here Boy
(b) Badger
(c) Sinatra
(d) Abe

9. How far does Paul D say that Sixo would walk to meet a woman?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 34 miles
(d) 10 miles

10. What does Beloved wonder about herself?
(a) If she is really human
(b) If her tooth will grow back
(c) How old she is
(d) How long she can stay together

11. How did the men on the plantation sate their sexual appetite?
(a) They had sex with sheep.
(b) They had sex with calves.
(c) They visited prostitutes.
(d) They had sex with each other.

12. What is the name of Sethe's daughter?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Beloved
(c) Ohio
(d) Denver

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

14. 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

15. What does Paul presume Beloved is?
(a) A prophet
(b) A ghost
(c) A mental patient
(d) An escaped slave

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baby Suggs go to preach?

2. Why does Sethe remember Howard?

3. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

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

5. How many of Baby Suggs' sons died?

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