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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many more nights does John say until he's gone when Mammy catches him teaching Sarny a new letter in Chapter 6?
(a) 2 nights.
(b) 3 nights.
(c) 5 nights.
(d) 4 nights.

2. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(b) The kind and queen of the castle.
(c) The perpetrator of evil.
(d) Witches and warlocks.

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

4. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are struggling after the war.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They have gone bankrupt.

5. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Over-watering.
(b) Little green bugs.
(c) Chemical pesticides.
(d) Under-watering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of coin does Sarny describe finding in the dirt in Chapter 2?

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

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

4. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?

5. In the end of Chapter 6, Sarny says that John won't be coming back unless what happens?

(see the answer key)

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