Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Who does “Beloved” refer to in the novel?

2. Why did Paul D serve time in the prison farm in Alfred, Georgia?

3. Where does Paul D suggest Sethe and Denver go with him?

Multiple Choice

1. How does Denver initially feel about Paul D’s arrival?

A) She feels isolated from the only family she has left.

B) She is angry that he is replacing Halle.

C) She worries that the ghost will attack him.

D) She sees him as a physical threat to her safety.

2. What is Baby Sugg’s opinion of the family moving from 124?

A) She wants them to stay so they will remember the tragedy that happened to them.

B) It’s too much trouble, and they have nowhere else to go.

C) It would be pointless, as every house in the country is filled with Black grief.

D) She wants to live the rest of her life in the house that reminds her of her freedom.

3. What does Denver think of the ghost?

A) She thinks it is terrifying.

B) She thinks it is sad and rebuked.

C) She thinks it longs to replace her.