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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 is the address of Sethe's house?

2. What is Beloved doing for Denver upstairs?

3. How many years is its since Sethe's baby died?

4. What does Denver ask Paul D?

5. What does Paul D think Beloved is doing to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Mrs. Garner laughs at Sethe when she asks if she can have a proper wedding?

2. Do you think it is important that Sethe's scar resembles a tree?

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

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

5. In the seventh chapter, Beloved chokes on a raisin, and again it is Denver who takes her upstairs. Why do you think at this point Denver is still so attentive towards Beloved's needs?

6. Why do you think the town is so angry at Sethe?

7. Why does Denver think that Beloved hates Paul D?

8. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

9. Why do you think Denver is so jealous of Paul D's presence?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take one white character and one black character and compare their backgrounds and character goals. How does Morrison represent white characters? How does she represent the black characters? Do you think they are both accurate depictions?

Essay Topic 2

A ghost haunts 124. What do you think the ghost symbolizes? Why do you think they are so ready to believe in a ghost?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the historical setting of the novel.

1) What were the rights of the ex-slaves? Were their lives any better? What kind of jobs did they get?

2) Was slavery completely abolished at this time?

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