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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) France.

2. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?
(a) She gave it to Mr. Waller.
(b) She gave it to John.
(c) She swallowed it.
(d) She hid it in the dirt.

3. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?
(a) A cooking pot.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A holy veil.
(d) A burlap sack.

4. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?
(a) Literacy.
(b) A husband.
(c) A child.
(d) Freedom.

5. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?

2. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?

3. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

4. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?

5. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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