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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 happen after Paul D has spent 86 days at the camp?

2. Why could Paul not help his friend?

3. Who does Sethe think Beloved hates?

4. How many of Baby Suggs' sons ran away?

5. What does Paul presume Beloved is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sethe trying to kill her children was not unusual during this period. Discuss why black mothers would want to kill their children. If their lives were that bad, why were her sons so fearful of Sethe? Were these women not in their right minds at the time?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the character of Paul D.

1) What is his background?

2) What do you think his good and bad points are?

3) What do think a similar character would of achieved in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Paul D notices that Beloved desires someone in the house, but knows it is not him. What do you think Paul D's feelings are for Beloved? Does he want to have a sexual relationship with her?

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