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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 quiet but had seizures.
(b) She was mentally strong.
(c) She was deaf and dumb.
(d) She was addled in the head.

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) The perpetrator of evil.
(b) Witches and warlocks.
(c) The kind and queen of the castle.
(d) Dog droppings or horse crap.

3. 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 young enough to be your daughter.
(c) I don't got no interest in learning.
(d) I'm old enough to be your mother.

4. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?
(a) Delie.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Alaine.
(d) Alice.

5. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?
(a) He shot her.
(b) He let her work in the fields.
(c) He sold her.
(d) He had her tied down and raped.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?

3. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?

4. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?

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

(see the answer key)

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