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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 was the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?

2. How many days does Stamp walk up to the house without knocking?

3. How does Toni Morrison say people can cope with loneliness?

4. Who meets Paul D at 124?

5. Why does Paul D think the article must be sensational?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sethe walking around in circles symbolize?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do you think Halle smears butter over his face?

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

9. Why do you think think that the slaves take names such as Baby Suggs?

10. What do the diamonds signify in the water?

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

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 3

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?

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