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

2. How long does Sarny say it took Waller and his dogs to catch Jim when he ran in Chapter 4?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) A day and a half.
(d) Half a day.

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

4. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1902.

5. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?

2. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?

4. How many slaves are estimated to have escaped to freedom in American History?

5. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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