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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?
(a) In the stomach.
(b) In the groin.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the leg.

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?
(a) The Underground Railroad.
(b) The Freedom Train.
(c) The Marked Passage.
(d) The African Resistance.

3. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?
(a) Walk to the fields.
(b) Eat solid food.
(c) Talk back to the master.
(d) Stand up.

4. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?
(a) To step into the shackles on the spring house.
(b) To unleash the dogs.
(c) To step into the horse harness.
(d) To pick out a switch to be beaten with.

5. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She hits him over the head.
(c) She calls the other slaves to watch.
(d) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.

6. What quality stands out the most in John's character?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Greed.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Bravery.

7. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?
(a) Bastard.
(b) Ogre.
(c) Cracker.
(d) Horse's ass.

8. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) The other end of the cotton fields.
(b) To the train station in town.
(c) To the door of the sleeping quarters.
(d) Halfway to Pennsylvania.

9. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The North.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) Hell.

10. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?
(a) Chopping firewood.
(b) Hanging slaves.
(c) Painting the house.
(d) Chopping the heads off chickens.

11. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because nobody ever gets away.
(b) Because it is wrong.
(c) Because there is nowhere to run to.
(d) Because they love the master.

12. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?
(a) He shot him.
(b) He castrated him.
(c) He cut off his toes.
(d) He hung him.

13. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?
(a) He was lynched.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He bled to death after castration.
(d) He was killed by Waller's dogs.

14. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1793.

15. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?
(a) In the city.
(b) On the slave ship.
(c) In church.
(d) At a neighboring plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?

2. How many letters of the alphabet has Sarny learned at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?

4. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?

5. For how long does Sarny say that John is incapacitated after his punishment from Waller in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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