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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. How many people come to the party?

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

3. Why don't the party goers like Baby Suggs?

4. What does Sethe tell Paul in the end?

5. What type of alcohol is Paul D drinking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sethe want to kill her children?

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

4. Why do you think Denver does not want to hear Sethe's stories?

5. Why do Sethe and Denver need Beloved to be theirs?

6. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

7. Do you think a white family would take in a white man as a black family would take in a black man?

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

9. Why does Morrison say loneliness can be dealt with by rocking in a fetal position?

10. Is Paul D in denial that it is Sethe in the photograph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following statement: Denver's deafness is a psychosomatic disorder brought on by the hardships she has suffered.

Essay Topic 2

Paul D, Sethe, and Denver spend a day at the carnival set aside for black people. They enjoy it because they get to laugh at white people.

1) What would you think of white people if you were a black person during this time? Would you hide your feelings?

2) Think about if you were white. How difficult would it be to form a decent opinion of black people when society went out of its way to dehumanize them? Do you think white people's upbringings conditioned them to treat black people so badly?

Essay Topic 3

Describe conditions in the Georgian prison camp. Why were there just slaves in the prison? What is the significance that the guards asked for sexual favors?

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