Quotes
Identify the speaker: "It broke him Sethe, last time I saw him he was sitting by the churn with butter all over his face."
Who is Paul D.?
Baby Sugg's daughter-in-law.
Who is Sethe?
Denver is born in this location.
What is the Ohio River? (also acceptable: on a boat)
Sethe asks this person for permission to marry Halle.
Who is Mrs. Garner?
This literary device includes flashbacks and re-telling of important events.
What is non-linear narrative?
Identify the speaker: "I made that song up. I made it up and sang it to my children. Nobody knows that song but me and my children."
Who is Sethe?
Name of the dog who lives with Sethe and Denver.
Who is "Here Boy?"
Beloved is killed in this location.
What is the shed behind House 124?
The names of Denver's two brothers.
Who are: Howard and Buglar?
The process of healing, release, or relief at the end of a narrative.
What is catharsis?
Identify the speaker: "I told you to put her human characteristics on the left; her animal ones on the right. And don't forget to line them up."
Who is Schoolteacher?
The kind lady who begins to teach Denver how to read before she drops out of school.
Who is Miss Lady Jones?
Where does Sethe live for most of the novel? (more specific than 124 -- need name of the city)
Where is Cincinnati, Ohio
Amy is going to Boston to buy this product for herself.
What is red velvet.
Paul D is "moved" around the house at 124 by an unseen force. He cannot seem to sleep in his own bed. This is an example of what literary technique?
What is "magical realism?"
Identify the speaker: "My first born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that? Eight kids and that's all I remember."
Who is Grandma (Baby) Suggs?
The character who reveals Sethe's past to Paul D, despite a long attachment to her family.
Who is Stamp Paid?
The house that Denver FIRST visits when she needs help after Sethe loses her job and they run out of food.
Where is Lady Jones' house?
Sethe grabs this object in order to kill Beloved.
What is a hand saw?
124 was spiteful.
124 was loud.
124 was ________.
What is "quiet"?
Identify the speaker: "The men without skin bring us their morning water to drink."
Who is Beloved?
This is a CHALLENGE question for 700 points (it is NOT the type of question that will be on the test).
Q: The boy who asks Denver if her mother went to jail for murder?
Who is Nelson Lord?
The NAME of the place where Baby Suggs serves as preacher and holds church-like services.
What is "The Clearing?"
Beloved always asks for this type of food.
What are sweets or sugar?
Toni Morrison dedicates her book to these people (describe the people and how many).
What is "60 million and more" lives lost during the Atlantic slave trade.