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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 Paul D say he envies?
(a) A family of slaves that managed to stay together
(b) Halle
(c) Beloved
(d) Stamp Paid

2. Whose story does the novel turn back to in chapter 15?
(a) Baby Suggs's
(b) Sixo's
(c) Halle's
(d) Mr. Garner's

3. Who are the only three people in this chapter?
(a) Beloved, Denver and Paul D
(b) Beloved, Sethe and Stamp Paid
(c) Beloved, Stamp Paid and Paul D
(d) Beloved, Denver and Sethe

4. What does Sethe make so she and Beloved can enjoy good times together?
(a) A swing
(b) Make up
(c) New clothes
(d) Plans of their days

5. Who does Denver think Beloved is?
(a) Her sister
(b) Her aunt
(c) Her cousin
(d) Her friend

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the footprints disappear?

2. Where does Beloved's face occasionally appear?

3. What has Sethe done to her baby?

4. What does Paul D wonder aloud?

5. How does the chapter begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Sixo yells out "Seven-O, Seven-O"?

2. Why did Sethe's sons leave to fight in the Civil War?

3. Why do you think Halle smears butter over his face?

4. Why does Sethe want to kill her children?

5. Why does Stamp Paid show Paul D the article about Sethe?

6. Why does Paul D mention that Sethe has two legs?

7. How does this chapter move around the thoughts of the three women?

8. Why do Sethe and Denver need Beloved to be theirs?

9. Why does Stamp ask about a woman he does not know?

10. What does the fact Stamp hears dead black people signify?

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