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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. Whose face is that Beloved thinks she has lost?
(a) Beloved's
(b) Denver's
(c) Baby Suggs's
(d) Sethe's

2. How many people come to the party?
(a) 100
(b) 120
(c) 90
(d) 85

3. What fact does Beloved remember about a dead man?
(a) That he had sharp teeth
(b) That he had no skin
(c) That he had pink eyes
(d) That he had claws

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

5. Who does Stamp Paid say that Sethe tried to stab?
(a) Janey
(b) Mr. Bodwin
(c) Beloved
(d) Denver

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man chastise Paul D?

2. Why does Paul D think the article must be sensational?

3. Why does Stamp feel guilty?

4. What has Sethe done to her baby?

5. Why are the people who went to the party so upset?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

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

3. Why does Sethe want to kill her children?

4. Why do you think think that the slaves take names such as Baby Suggs?

5. What dose Sethe mean when she says "Me, me"?

6. What does the red ribbon Stamp carries around symbolize?

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

8. Why does Sethe refuse to clean the blood from her nipple?

9. What do you think the single, unbroken paragraph in chapter twenty signifies?

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

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