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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 is Sethe angry at Paul D?
(a) Because she thinks Paul D is lying.
(b) Because he did not say anything to help Halle.
(c) Because she needs someone to be angry at.
(d) Because he did not tell Sethe about Halle sooner.

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

3. Why did the perfume bottle break?
(a) Because the perfume froze
(b) Denver dropped it.
(c) Sete stood on it
(d) Denver threw it against a tree

4. What did the Garners pride themselves in doing?
(a) Paying their slaves
(b) Allowing their slaves into town
(c) Allowing their slaves to marry
(d) Making their slaves into men

5. Where did Baby Suggs go to preach?
(a) A clearing
(b) A church
(c) A barn
(d) A friend's house

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Miss Bodwin give Denver the perfume?

2. What did the schoolteacher tell Mr. Garner's slaves?

3. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?

4. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?

5. Who gave Sethe her diamond earrings?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Denver not want Sethe to undo her braids?

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

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

5. Why do you think the town is so angry at Sethe?

6. Why do you think Denver is so jealous of Paul D's presence?

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

8. Why do you think Sethe's scar disgusts Paul D so much?

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

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

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