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

2. What did Denver used to hide from?
(a) Her mother's nagging
(b) Her brother's fear
(c) Her slave owner's wrath
(d) Her stepfather's abuse

3. What does Amy make Sethe the morning after the birth?
(a) A bracelet
(b) A pair of shoes
(c) Breakfast
(d) A necklace

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

5. Where do the guards lock Paul D and the other men at night?
(a) In coffins
(b) In toilet cubicles
(c) In a prison cell
(d) In wooden boxes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul D end up telling Sethe?

2. What does Beloved do while sitting in the kitchen with Denver?

3. What does the woman say her name is?

4. Who do Sethe and Paul meet on the road when they are heading back to 124?

5. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Paul question his manhood?

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

7. Do you think it is important that Sethe's scar resembles a tree?

8. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D for casting the ghost out of her house?

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

10. Why do you think Paul D says it is a bad idea for an ex-slave to love his children so much?

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