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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 was the woman that Beloved saw putting leaves in a basket?

2. What does Sethe tell Beloved she did with the men without skin?

3. What does Sethe decide about Beloved?

4. What kind of pies does Sethe make?

5. What has Sethe spent all her savings on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the black statue outside the Bodwin's signify?

2. Why does Stamp ask about a woman he does not know?

3. How does this chapter move around the thoughts of the three women?

4. What do you think the footprints by the stream mean?

5. What do you think the single, unbroken paragraph in chapter twenty signifies?

6. Why does Morrison use stream of consciousness in this chapter to express Sethe's thoughts?

7. Why do the other ex-slaves hate Baby Suggs so much?

8. Why does Paul D mention that Sethe has two legs?

9. What does the red ribbon Stamp carries around symbolize?

10. Why do you think Sixo yells out "Seven-O, Seven-O"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book, Sethe tried to kill her children and succeeded in killing one. How do you think it has affected them? Can they remember?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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