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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Crocuses.
(b) Pansies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daffodils.

2. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?
(a) January 1, 1808.
(b) July 7, 1800.
(c) March 26, 1865.
(d) April 12, 1799.

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

4. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?
(a) Mammy.
(b) The President.
(c) My father.
(d) God.

5. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Horace.
(b) Homer.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Clel.

6. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Over-watering.
(b) Chemical pesticides.
(c) Under-watering.
(d) Little green bugs.

7. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To spend it.
(b) To hide it.
(c) To give it to her.
(d) To give it to the master.

8. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Mrs. Waller's dog.
(b) The letter A.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

9. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?
(a) Parboiling.
(b) Relegating.
(c) Shucking.
(d) Spindling.

10. What refers to the laws in each U.S. state which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?
(a) Slave codes.
(b) Abolition laws.
(c) Masterly rules.
(d) Penance practices.

11. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?
(a) The slaves are treated like kings.
(b) The slaves are treated compassionately.
(c) The slaves are treated like treasured valuables.
(d) The slaves are treated like animals.

12. What does Sarny say they pour down the trough in the mornings for the slaves in Chapter 3?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Buttermilk.

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

14. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?
(a) Soft spoken and meek.
(b) Proud and beautiful.
(c) Gentle and kind.
(d) Dried up and mean.

15. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?
(a) Abolition.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Suffragism.
(d) Eclecticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?

2. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

3. What does John call out for from the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night at the plantation in Chapter 3?

4. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?

5. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?

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