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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. What did Baby Suggs turn the outside kitchen into?
(a) A cold house
(b) A TV room
(c) A store house
(d) A woodshed

2. Who does Paul say badly abused the slaves at Sweet Home?
(a) The schoolteacher
(b) Mrs. Garner
(c) The Sheriff
(d) Mr. Garner

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

4. Where does Paul D work?
(a) A hospital
(b) A slaughterhouse
(c) A nursery
(d) A factory

5. What was the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?
(a) Beloved crying
(b) The baby's ghost climbing the stairs
(c) Paul D laughing
(d) A cat whining

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sethe tell Beloved she did with the men without skin?

2. Why does Stamp feel guilty?

3. Who arrives to take Sethe back to Sweethome?

4. Who stops Sethe from killing Denver?

5. Who arrives after the sheriff has taken Sethe away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Denver stepping out of the house signify?

3. Why do the other ex-slaves hate Baby Suggs so much?

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

5. Is Paul D in denial that it is Sethe in the photograph?

6. What does the black statue outside the Bodwin's signify?

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

8. What do the diamonds signify in the water?

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

10. What do you think the footprints by the stream mean?

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