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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. Where does the woman come out from?
2. Who is the only person Beloved wants to give her attention to?
3. What does Sethe say Paul D is not allowed to do?
4. Who gave Sethe her diamond earrings?
5. Why does Denver miss her baby sister?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think the white dress Denver sees signifies?
2. 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?
3. How has the ghost affected Sethe's life?
4. Why do you think the town is so angry at Sethe?
5. Why do you think Mrs. Garner laughs at Sethe when she asks if she can have a proper wedding?
6. Why do you think Paul D is ready to accept the presence of a ghost in the house?
7. Why do you think Denver is so jealous of Paul D's presence?
8. How is it significant that Baby Suggs preached in churches regardless of domination?
9. Why is Denver convinced that Beloved is her sister?
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
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 3
In the book, Baby Suggs preached ex-slaves to like themselves again. What role did religion play in abolition of slavery? Was Christianity the African American's native religion? If not, why did they embrace it so fully?
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