2. What two characters does Beloved have separate conversations with in this chapter?
(a) Denver and Janey
(b) Denver and Sethe
(c) Paul D and Sethe
(d) Stamp Paid and Denver

3. How does Sethe try to kill Denver?
(a) By throwing her into the river
(b) By pouring boiling water over her
(c) By swinging her at a wooden beam
(d) By dropping her from a great height

4. How does the chapter begin?
(a) Beloved is thinking to herself
(b) Beloved and Denver are deep into a conversation
(c) Denver is dancing
(d) Sethe is telling Beloved a story

5. What does Beloved see in the water?
(a) A diamond earring
(b) The face she lost
(c) A heart
(d) Blood

6. Why did Sethe get fired?
(a) She threw a plate at a customer
(b) She stopped going into work
(c) She did not smile
(d) She was consistently late

7. Why does Sethe think she does not have to explain anything to Beloved?
(a) Because she tried to save her from a life of misery
(b) Because she came back under her own free will
(c) Because she is her mother
(d) Because she is a ghost

8. Why does the man chastise Paul D?
(a) Because he is a black man in a white neighborhood
(b) Because he does not have a job
(c) Because he looks miserable
(d) Because he is drinking in front of the church

9. Who does Denver think Beloved is?
(a) Her cousin
(b) Her sister
(c) Her friend
(d) Her aunt

10. Who does Baby Suggs hope to see?
(a) Sethe
(b) Sixo
(c) Paul D
(d) Halle

11. Why are the people who went to the party so upset?
(a) The pies were awful
(b) Sethe is not a nice person
(c) Because they had fun at Baby Suggs's house
(d) They were sent home too early

12. How does Toni Morrison say people can cope with loneliness?
(a) By living in the city
(b) By talking to oneself
(c) By socializing
(d) By rocking in the fetal position

13. How many people come to the party?
(a) 120
(b) 85
(c) 100
(d) 90

14. What happened to Beloved when Sethe became thinner?
(a) She grew bigger and bigger
(b) She started acting like a baby
(c) She started to resemble Sethe
(d) She became nasty

15. Why can't Stamp Paid tell Paul D that he saw Sethe take her children into the woodshed?
(a) Because he doesn't think Paul will believe him
(b) Because Paul is too sensitive
(c) Because Paul D keeps denying the photograph is of Sethe
(d) Out of loyalty to Sethe