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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. How do the guards wake the men up in the Georgia prison?
(a) By hitting them over the head
(b) By shouting in their ears
(c) To the sound of rifles
(d) By pushing over the boxes

2. How many other slaves is Paul D locked up with?
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 45
(d) 100

3. Why was Paul D imprisoned?
(a) For trying to kill a man called Brandyman
(b) For swearing at his slave owner
(c) For having sex with a white woman
(d) For killing cattle

4. What is the name of Sethe's mother in-law?
(a) Baby Suggs
(b) Beloved
(c) Mrs. Garner
(d) Denver

5. Who does Denver think Beloved is?
(a) Her aunt
(b) Her dead sister
(c) Baby Suggs
(d) A prophet

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul sleep at first?

2. What did Denver used to play in her hiding place?

3. Where did Baby Suggs go to preach?

4. Who is Beloved fascinated by?

5. What did Baby Suggs do for a living when Sethe arrived at 124?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it significant that Denver's story comes alive?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. How is it significant to the story that Sethe was not thrown into the sea unlike the other babies?

7. Why does Paul question his manhood?

8. In what way does the seventh chapter show the horrors of slavery?

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

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

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