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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 do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.
(b) She hits him over the head.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She calls the other slaves to watch.

2. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To teach others to read and write.
(b) To free his mother.
(c) To marry the woman he loved.
(d) To free his son.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

2. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?

3. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?

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

5. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?

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