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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. Why does Morrison say Sethe, Denver, and Paul D forget Beloved?

2. Who does the man on the horse ask for?

3. What two characters does Beloved have separate conversations with in this chapter?

4. What was the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?

5. What can Stamp Paid hear around the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Sethe's sons leave to fight in the Civil War?

4. What does the fact Stamp hears dead black people signify?

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

6. What does Paul D and Paid Stamp's gallow humor signify?

7. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

8. What dose Sethe mean when she says "Me, me"?

9. What does Denver stepping out of the house signify?

10. Why does Sethe refuse to clean the blood from her nipple?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A ghost haunts 124. What do you think the ghost symbolizes? Why do you think they are so ready to believe in a ghost?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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