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1:  Why does Sethe have the word Beloved carved into her daughter's headstone?

a. It's a family tradition to have the word Beloved inscribed on headstones of loved ones.

b. Beloved is Sethe's favorite nickname for her daughter.

c. She remembers the word from her daughter's funeral service, when the minister spoke to the "Dearly Beloved."

d. She remembers the word from her wedding, when the minister began the ceremony with "Dearly Beloved."
2:  How does Baby Suggs get her freedom?

a. Halle hires himself out from Sweet Home on Sundays for years in order to buy her freedom.

b. She decides to become a preacher, which guarantees her freedom.

c. She never gets her freedom; she dies a slave.

d. She barters sex with the slave owner in order to buy her freedom.
3:  What did Mrs. Garner give Sethe for a wedding present?

a. A crystal bracelet

b. Gold earrings

c. A silver necklace

d. Crystal earrings
4:  What does Beloved have on her neck?

a. A heart-shaped birthmark

b. A scar from when Sethe cut her throat with a handsaw

c. A brand indicating her slave status

d. A mark from when Sethe strangled her
5:  Why does Sixo call out "Seven-O" as he is dying?

a. It's one of his favorite gambling expressions.

b. Thirty-Mile Woman is pregnant with Sixo's child.

c. He wants to see his son before he dies.

d. Sethe is pregnant with Sixo's child.
6:  Where does Paul D first stay when he escapes from the slave labor camp?

a. In a Cherokee camp

b. In a cave in the woods

c. In a hotel in Cincinnati

d. On a riverboat
7:  Who does Denver first go to for help when she, Sethe, and Beloved are starving?

a. Nelson Lord

b. Reverend Pike

c. Lillian Garner

d. Lady Jones
8:  Who are the "men without skin" that Beloved talks about?

a. Black men who escape slavery

b. Rapists and murderers

c. Abolitionists

d. White men; slave owners
9:  Who says the following: "Velvet is like the world was just born. Clean and new and so smooth."

a. Beloved

b. Denver

c. Sethe

d. Sixo
10:  Who says the following: "I took and put my babies where they'd be safe."

a. Baby Suggs

b. Halle

c. Sethe

d. Ella
11:  Who says the following: "You got two feet, Sethe, not four."

a. Paul D

b. Sixo

c. Baby Suggs

d. Halle
12:  Who says the following: "What I have to do is get in my bed and lay down. I want to fix on something harmless in the world."

a. Paul D

b. Lillian Garner

c. Sethe

d. Baby Suggs
13:  Who says the following: "Her face is my own and I want to be there in the place where her face is and to be looking at it too."

a. Denver

b. Paul D

c. Beloved

d. Halle


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