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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pies does Sethe make?
(a) Blackberry pies
(b) Blueberry pies
(c) Apple pies
(d) Cherry pies

2. Where does Denver initially go for help?
(a) Lady Jones
(b) Stamp Paid
(c) Paul D
(d) The Bodwins

3. Who arrives at 124 at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Paul D
(b) The Sheriff
(c) Stamp Paid
(d) Halle

4. Why does Stamp feel guilty?
(a) For leaving his wife
(b) For knocking over a child on his horse
(c) For telling Paul D about Sethe
(d) For killing his slave owner

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

6. Where does Paul D work?
(a) A hospital
(b) A slaughterhouse
(c) A nursery
(d) A factory

7. Who arrives after the sheriff has taken Sethe away?
(a) Halle
(b) A peddlar
(c) A preacher
(d) Two children delivering shoes

8. Who does Paul say badly abused the slaves at Sweet Home?
(a) The Sheriff
(b) The schoolteacher
(c) Mr. Garner
(d) Mrs. Garner

9. Who does Paul D say had all the good ideas?
(a) Sixo
(b) Stamp Paid
(c) Halle
(d) Sethe

10. Who meets Paul D at 124?
(a) Stamp Paid
(b) Sethe
(c) Mr Bodwin
(d) Denver

11. What is the newspaper article about?
(a) Sethe escaping from Sweet Home
(b) Sethe saving a drowning dog
(c) Sethe murdering her child
(d) Sethe getting married

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

13. Where does Beloved's face occasionally appear?
(a) In the newspaper
(b) In the river
(c) In a photograph
(d) In the sky

14. Who does Denver believe is coming to see her?
(a) The schoolteacher
(b) Halle
(c) Mrs. Garner
(d) Baby Suggs

15. Why are Sethe and Beloved trying to gather strength?
(a) To have fun
(b) To make a dolls house
(c) To go outside
(d) To fight each other

Short Answer Questions

1. Who captured him after he left the Union army?

2. What was the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?

3. What can Stamp Paid hear around the house?

4. Who does Stamp Paid say managed to punch Sethe and get her down?

5. How does the chapter begin?

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