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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sarny describe Alice's mental state in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) She was mentally strong.
(b) She was deaf and dumb.
(c) She was quiet but had seizures.
(d) She was addled in the head.

2. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?
(a) Wiser.
(b) Older.
(c) Poorer.
(d) Craftier.

3. 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?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

4. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) In Boston.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In church.
(d) Hiding in a cotton field.

5. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Freedom.
(c) A child.
(d) A husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?

2. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?

3. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?

4. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?

5. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?

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