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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 is the only person Beloved wants to give her attention to?

2. What did the schoolteacher tell Mr. Garner's slaves?

3. Why does Mrs. Garner laugh at Sethe?

4. Who does Beloved say is the only person she needs to have?

5. Why was Paul D imprisoned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 keeps on saying "red heart"?

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

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

9. How is it significant to the story that Sethe was not thrown into the sea unlike the other babies?

10. What do you think Baby Suggs meant by giving up the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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