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

2. Who does Denver think Beloved is?

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

4. What does Denver want from Beloved?

5. What does Paul notice about Beloved?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Georgia the most notorious slave state in the Union?

4. Is Beloved falling apart like she says?

5. What is a Sweet Home Man?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Think about Paul D's time in prison in Georgia. What do you think conditions were like? How would you have coped in similar conditions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger"?

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it considered so wrong to use it now?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

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