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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. Who owned Sweet Home?

2. In what way does Sethe say Halle mistreated her?

3. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

4. Why are Denver and Sethe so surprised that the woman is called Beloved?

5. What does Paul D manage to do while he is at the carnival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Denver not want Sethe to undo her braids?

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

3. How has the ghost affected Sethe's life?

4. Why was Sethe so angry about the boys taking her milk?

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

6. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

7. What do you think the white dress Denver sees signifies?

8. Why is it significant that Beloved pulls out a tooth?

9. Why do you think Sethe's scar disgusts Paul D so much?

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

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

Paul D, Sethe, and Denver spend a day at the carnival set aside for black people. They enjoy it because they get to laugh at white people.

1) What would you think of white people if you were a black person during this time? Would you hide your feelings?

2) Think about if you were white. How difficult would it be to form a decent opinion of black people when society went out of its way to dehumanize them? Do you think white people's upbringings conditioned them to treat black people so badly?

Essay Topic 3

Sethe is an ex-slave from Kentucky. What problems do you think Sethe faces as a slave here? Was it worse in other places? How do you think it has shaped Sethe as a person?

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