Symbols
The scars on Sethe’s back form this shape, symbolizing both suffering and healing
What is a chokecherry tree?
Protagonist, she becomes increasingly haunted by the trauma of her past and attachment to Beloved
Who is Sethe?
Where does Stamp Paid go to check on Sethe and Denver
What is 124?
What year was Toni Morrison awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
1993
What does Dr. Polt HATE MOST??
COMPUTERS!
What flowers are used to soothe Sethe’s swollen feet, symbolizing fleeting kindness amid dehumanization?
What are roses?
This person, remembered in Stamp Paid’s thoughts, stopped preaching after the terrible day when schoolteacher came
Who is Baby Suggs?
To prove their household is still “normal,” Sethe takes Denver and Beloved to do what?
What is ice-skating?
How many pages are in Beloved by Toni Morrison
324
What is Dr. Polt's cat's name?
BRUCE!
Beloved emerges from this, symbolizes cleansing.
What is water?
Strange person who came to stay at 124... and never left
Who is Beloved?
What moment convinces Sethe that Beloved really is her dead child returned?
What is when Beloved hums the private song only Sethe used to sing to her children?
The name of women Toni Morrison based Sethe on.
Margaret Garner
Where does Dr. Polt get her coffee?
Five Star!
This represents both the brutality of slavery and the bond of motherhood when stolen from Sethe
What is breast milk?
This character’s absence shapes the whole chapter even though they never appear in it
Who is Paul D?
During their winter activity together, what line was repeated throughout?
What is "Nobody saw them falling"?
What U.S. state is most of Beloved set in?
O-H-I-O
Where did Dr. Polt go to get her PhD?
University of Wisconsin–Madison!
The forest where Baby Suggs preaches.
What is The Clearing?
This girl helped Sethe while she was pregnant by binding her swollen feet with petals and naming her baby
Who is Amy Denver?
What are the "undecipherable" or the "angry dead" sounds?
Name one other Toni Morrison book!
Answers could include:
- God Help The Child, Paradise, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Sula, Home
Where did Dr. Polt go for undergrad?
Alma College