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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Paul sleep after when he is tired of sleeping on a chair?
(a) On the floor
(b) In Baby Suggs bed
(c) In the bath tub
(d) On the sofa

2. What does Denver decide not to tell her mother?
(a) Beloved is trying to kill Paul
(b) Beloved is a ghost
(c) Beloved's visits to Paul D in the coldhouse
(d) Beloved is a murderer

3. Who gave Denver her perfume?
(a) Miss Bodwin
(b) Baby Suggs
(c) Paul D
(d) Sethe

4. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?
(a) During the Civil War
(b) On Christmas Day
(c) On Independence Day
(d) During the American Revolution

5. What does Beloved ask Paul D?
(a) To leave the house
(b) To kill Sethe
(c) To make her laugh
(d) To have sex with her

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul D have sex with Beloved?

2. What does Paul presume Beloved is?

3. Who does Sethe think about after she has sex with Paul D?

4. How long did the man say he would spend chiseling Sethe's daughters gravestone until he would charge for it?

5. Where does Denver have a secret spot where she can hide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Sweet Home Man?

2. Is it significant that Denver looks after Beloved and not Sethe?

3. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

4. What do you think Baby Suggs meant by giving up the war?

5. Why is Denver convinced that Beloved is her sister?

6. Why does Paul call his tobacco tin his heart?

7. Why is it significant that Beloved pulls out a tooth?

8. Why does Denver deny that she saw Beloved pick up a chair?

9. Why was Sethe so angry about the boys taking her milk?

10. Why do think Paul thinks that Beloved is moving him around the house?

(see the answer keys)

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