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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does John wrap around his toes before he leaves in Chapter 6?
(a) Raw cotton.
(b) Plastic wrap.
(c) Pork skin.
(d) Rags.
2. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) At a party.
(b) In the white house.
(c) At church.
(d) In the fields.
3. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because they love the master.
(b) Because it is wrong.
(c) Because there is nowhere to run to.
(d) Because nobody ever gets away.
4. 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) A knife.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) A gun.
5. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(b) I don't got no interest in learning.
(c) I don't have nothing to do with whites.
(d) I'm young enough to be your daughter.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?
2. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
3. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?
4. How does Waller punish Mammy after the slaves return from the fields in Chapter 5?
5. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Sarny's perceptions of Alice's whipping when she witnesses it in Chapter 4?
2. How does Sarny describe the first day of John's recovery in Chapter 6?
3. What is foreshadowed in Chapter 6? What does the reader expect to happen based on John's actions?
4. How does Sarny describe the circumstances of the slaves in the beginning of Chapter 5?
5. What happens after Alice's whipping in Chapter 4? How are Alice's wounds treated?
6. What instructions does Mammy give to Sarny while she's at the spring house in Chapter 5?
7. What leads up to Alice being being whipped by Waller in Chapter 4? How is her whipping described?
8. How is Alice described in the beginning of Chapter 4? What is Sarny's relationship like with Alice?
9. How did Pawley die, according to the story related from Sarny in Chapter 4?
10. How is John's departure described in Chapter 6? What does Sarny make of John's farewell?
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