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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Denver used to hide from?

2. Where does Paul D take Sethe and Denver?

3. Why does Sethe remember Howard?

4. Who pierced Sethe's ears?

5. What does Paul presume Beloved is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Paul D keeps on saying "red heart"?

2. Is it significant that Denver looks after Beloved and not Sethe?

3. Why does Amy consider her self as low in the social scale as slaves when she is white?

4. Why do think Paul thinks that Beloved is moving him around the house?

5. Why does Paul call his tobacco tin his heart?

6. Why is Denver convinced that Beloved is her sister?

7. Why is Sethe angry at Paul D for casting the ghost out of her house?

8. Why do you think Paul D says it is a bad idea for an ex-slave to love his children so much?

9. Why does Denver deny that she saw Beloved pick up a chair?

10. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how a black person was seen during the nineteenth century

1) Before the abolition of slavery

2) Immediately after the abolition of slavery.

3) How long has it taken for white people's negative views of black people to change? How much has it changed?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Beloved and Denver.

1) What is their relationship with their mother?

2) What is their relationship with Paul D?

3) What is their relationship to each other?

Essay Topic 3

Describe conditions in the Georgian prison camp. Why were there just slaves in the prison? What is the significance that the guards asked for sexual favors?

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