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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?
(a) To read and understand the Bible.
(b) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(c) To read catalogs and order things.
(d) To write about what is being done to them.

2. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?
(a) It is milky white.
(b) It is proud beneath his shirt.
(c) It is covered in scars.
(d) It is black and smooth.

3. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Old Delie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Alaine.

4. To whom does Mammy pray when Sarny witnesses her in Chapter 2?
(a) The Great Buddha.
(b) Lord Jesus.
(c) Allah.
(d) Saint Mary.

5. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her at the spring house when the master and others aren't looking in Chapter 5?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?

2. What name refers to a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada?

3. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

4. What does John make shoes from before he runs away in Chapter 6?

5. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?

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