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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) She believes he is lying.
(b) She believes he is just being hopeful.
(c) She believes he is telling the truth.
(d) She believes he is joking.

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

3. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?
(a) She gave it to Mr. Waller.
(b) She swallowed it.
(c) She gave it to John.
(d) She hid it in the dirt.

4. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He lets the dogs attack her.
(b) He hangs her on the spring house.
(c) He shoots her.
(d) He hangs her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John make shoes from before he runs away in Chapter 6?

2. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?

3. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?

4. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

5. What description best describes the relationship between Sarny and John in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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