In Beloved, the haunted address where Sethe and Denver live is explicitly on Bluestone Road in Cincinnati—what is the street number repeated as a talisman in the novel?

• 123
• 124
• 142
• 214

In Beloved, Sethe purchases the single word on the headstone by “ten minutes for seven letters”; which word finally appears?

• Dearly
• Baby
• Beloved
• Forgiven

In Beloved, the first line characterizes the house itself; how does it read?

• “124 was loud.”
• “124 was spiteful.”
• “124 was lonely.”
• “124 was empty.”

In Beloved, the carnival day “for coloreds” precedes whose sudden arrival at 124?

• Amy Denver
• Stamp Paid
• Beloved
• Paul A

In Beloved, the water-soaked girl is first seen resting under which tree by 124?

• Cottonwood
• Mulberry
• Sycamore
• Elm

In Beloved, which plantation is the men’s origin before Cincinnati?

• Sweet Home
• Red River
• Low Country
• Sawmill

In Beloved, who wore the iron bit and later compares his heart to a “tobacco tin”?

• Halle
• Paul D
• Sixo
• Schoolteacher’s nephew

In Beloved, the rooster whose freedom humiliates Paul D is named:

• Mister
• General
• King
• Prince

In Beloved, Sixo dies laughing “Seven-O!” because he knows:

• Sethe escaped
• Thirty-Mile Woman is free with his child
• Schoolteacher is dead
• Paul D will kill the overseer

In Beloved, who nurses pregnant Sethe in the woods and lends a surname to Denver?

• Ella
• Janey
• Amy
• Lady Jones