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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. Why did Sethe get fired?
(a) She stopped going into work
(b) She did not smile
(c) She threw a plate at a customer
(d) She was consistently late

2. Who does Stamp Paid say managed to punch Sethe and get her down?
(a) Amy
(b) Ella
(c) Janey
(d) Judy

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

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

5. Why does Sethe think she does not have to explain anything to Beloved?
(a) Because she is her mother
(b) Because she tried to save her from a life of misery
(c) Because she came back under her own free will
(d) Because she is a ghost

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the woman that Beloved saw putting leaves in a basket?

2. Why does Stamp feel guilty?

3. Whose face is that Beloved thinks she has lost?

4. Why did Paul D leave the Union army?

5. What does Sethe make so she and Beloved can enjoy good times together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Denver does not want to hear Sethe's stories?

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

4. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

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

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

7. In chapter twenty-two what do you think Beloved's story is about?

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

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

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

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