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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. Why does Mrs. Garner laugh at Sethe?
(a) She asks if she can have a holiday
(b) Because she asks if she can have a wedding
(c) She falls and breaks her leg
(d) She falls pregnant

2. What does Sethe remember Baby Suggs telling her?
(a) To have children
(b) To move back to her homeland
(c) To give up the war
(d) To get married

3. Where does Denver have a secret spot where she can hide?
(a) By the river
(b) In the woods
(c) In the garden
(d) In the attic

4. How far does Paul D say that Sixo would walk to meet a woman?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 10 miles
(d) 34 miles

5. What does Beloved do while sitting in the kitchen with Denver?
(a) She takes out an eye
(b) She pulls out a tooth
(c) She pulls off a finger nail
(d) She removes her hair

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Baby Suggs claim is the only bad luck in the world?

2. What does Beloved say it is like where she comes from?

3. How do the guards wake the men up in the Georgia prison?

4. What did Denver used to hide from?

5. What does Sethe think happened to Beloved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Paul D is ready to accept the presence of a ghost in the house?

3. What do you think the white dress Denver sees signifies?

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

5. Why does Denver think that Beloved hates Paul D?

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

7. In the seventh chapter, Beloved chokes on a raisin, and again it is Denver who takes her upstairs. Why do you think at this point Denver is still so attentive towards Beloved's needs?

8. What is a Sweet Home Man?

9. Why do you think Mrs. Garner laughs at Sethe when she asks if she can have a proper wedding?

10. Why does Amy consider her self as low in the social scale as slaves when she is white?

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