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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 D sleep after he is tired of sleeping in Baby Suggs' bed?
(a) In the kitchen
(b) In the storehouse
(c) In the coldhouse
(d) In the bath tub

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

3. What does Beloved ask Sethe about?
(a) Her gold necklace
(b) Her wedding dress
(c) Her scar
(d) Her diamond earrings

4. What does Paul D decide to tell Sethe?
(a) That he has been having sex with Beloved
(b) That he wants to marry her
(c) That he want to leave her
(d) That he doen't want to get a job

5. Who does Sethe think Beloved hates?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Her
(c) Denver
(d) Paul D

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Paul D imprisoned?

2. Who does Beloved say is the only person she needs to have?

3. Why does Paul D think Sethe's scar does not look like a tree?

4. What did Baby Suggs teach?

5. Who does Denver think Beloved is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Denver ask Beloved if she saw Jesus?

2. What is a Sweet Home Man?

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

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

5. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

6. How has the ghost affected Sethe's life?

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

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

9. Why do you think Paul D keeps on saying "red heart"?

10. How is Georgia the most notorious slave state in the Union?

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