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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 Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I don't have nothing to do with whites.
(b) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(c) I don't got no interest in learning.
(d) I'm young enough to be your daughter.

2. 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) Allusion.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. What word from Chapter 6 means to limp?
(a) Scribble.
(b) Enchant.
(c) Hobble.
(d) Bramble.

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

5. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?
(a) Inside the white house.
(b) In a metal pen by the cotton fields.
(c) In a pit by the slave quarters.
(d) In a stone pen by the horse barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?

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

3. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?

4. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?

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

(see the answer key)

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