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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul D wonder aloud?
(a) If Sethe really loved her children
(b) If Beloved is her dead daughter
(c) If Sethe is crazy
(d) If there was any other way

2. Who arrives to take Sethe back to Sweethome?
(a) The sherriff and his wife
(b) The sherriff, the schoolteacher, and the schoolteacher's nephew
(c) The sherriff and his cousin
(d) Mr and Mrs Garner

3. What does Paul D do when Sethe says there was not another way?
(a) Leave the house
(b) Punch the wall
(c) Cry
(d) Hit her

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

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

6. What does Sethe make so she and Beloved can enjoy good times together?
(a) Make up
(b) Plans of their days
(c) A swing
(d) New clothes

7. Whose story does the novel turn back to in chapter 15?
(a) Halle's
(b) Mr. Garner's
(c) Baby Suggs's
(d) Sixo's

8. What war did Denver's brother leave to fight in?
(a) World War One
(b) The Civil War
(c) The American Revolution
(d) The Boers War

9. Who does Stamp Paid say that Sethe tried to stab?
(a) Denver
(b) Janey
(c) Mr. Bodwin
(d) Beloved

10. Who does Stamp Paid say managed to punch Sethe and get her down?
(a) Janey
(b) Judy
(c) Ella
(d) Amy

11. Why does Paul D think the article must be sensational?
(a) Because newspapers are always sensational
(b) Because it has to be in order to attract a white audience
(c) Because the headline says sensational
(d) Because it has Sethe's picture

12. What kind of men does Beloved remember bringing her food and water?
(a) Clowns
(b) Men without skin
(c) Men without legs
(d) Men without arms

13. What does Stamp Paid show Paul D?
(a) His scars
(b) A letter from his children
(c) A photo of his wife
(d) A newspaper clipping about Sethe

14. What does Beloved remember a woman doing?
(a) Giving her a necklace
(b) Vomiting
(c) Putting leaves in a basket
(d) Dying

15. Why does Morrison say Sethe, Denver, and Paul D forget Beloved?
(a) Because she feeds on their anxiety
(b) Because when they remember she appears
(c) Because she was nothing but trouble
(d) Because it is better than remembering her

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sethe telling Paul D at the beginning of this chapter?

2. What happened to Beloved when Sethe became thinner?

3. What does Sethe decide about Beloved?

4. What does Morrison say the wind is?

5. What is the newspaper article about?

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