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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 does Denver dream about Sethe?
(a) That she dies
(b) That she takes her up to heaven
(c) That she cuts off her head
(d) That she kills Beloved

2. Who meets Paul D at 124?
(a) Denver
(b) Sethe
(c) Stamp Paid
(d) Mr Bodwin

3. Why does Stamp have trouble knocking at Sethe's door?
(a) Because he thinks Sethe is asleep
(b) Because he never has to knock at anyone else's door
(c) Because he has broken his knocking hand
(d) Because he is nervous

4. How did Mr. Garner die?
(a) A broken heart
(b) A stroke
(c) Cancer
(d) A heart attack

5. Who stops Sethe from killing Denver?
(a) The Schoolteacher
(b) Paul D
(c) Halle
(d) Stamp Paid

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beloved remember a woman doing?

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

3. How many people come to the party?

4. Who arrives at 124 at the beginning of the chapter?

5. Who does Paul D say has offered him a place to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Morrison say loneliness can be dealt with by rocking in a fetal position?

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

3. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

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

5. What do the diamonds signify in the water?

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

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

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

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

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

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