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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. What type of alcohol is Paul D drinking?

2. What has Sethe spent all her savings on?

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

4. Who does Denver believe is coming to see her?

5. What happened to Beloved when Sethe became thinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter twenty-two what do you think Beloved's story is about?

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

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

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

5. Why does Stamp Paid show Paul D the article about Sethe?

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Sethe trying to kill her children was not unusual during this period. Discuss why black mothers would want to kill their children. If their lives were that bad, why were her sons so fearful of Sethe? Were these women not in their right minds at the time?

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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