Beloved

TRUE OR FALSE: Sethe's water broke AFTER she got in the boat.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

TRUE OR FALSE: Denver was so quiet at first that Amy and Sethe thought she was dead.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What activity do Denver and Beloved do at the beginning of Chapter 8?

• Folding laundry

• Eating dinner

• Dancing

• Sleeping

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What made Sethe certain Amy was a kind person?

• Amy told her she thought slavery was wrong.

• Amy had helped her before.

• There was no meanness in her mouth.

• There was strength in Amy's hands.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What has Denver not done since Beloved's arrival?

• Been rude to Paul D.

• Asked Sethe questions about her past.

• Eaten.

• Visited the Emerald Room

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

TRUE OR FALSE: Sethe knew who her father was.

• false

• true

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Sethe realize when she hears Beloved humming?

• Beloved is Sethe's deceased daughter

• Beloved has a lovely singing voice

• Sethe never truly loved Paul D

• Sethe wants Beloved to leave the house

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why was Sethe late to work for the first time in 16 years?

• She ran into Paul D on the way to work and had a lengthy conversation

• She had an accident on the way to work

• She stayed home to make breakfast for Denver and Beloved

• She woke up very late and rushed out of the house, but she was still late anyway

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

At the end of Section 2's first chapter, Morrison says that the voices outside of 124 are not only the voices of dead negroes, but also what else?

• Voices of dead white people

• Voices of dead Indians

• The thoughts of the nieghbors around there

• The thoughts of the women who live there

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What did Stamp Paid hear outside 124 when he gets close to it?

• Voices, but he can't understand what they're saying

• Wood chopping, but he's not sure who is chopping

• Screaming, but he doesn't recognize the voices

• Crying, but he doesn't know who is crying

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3