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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Plow the fields.
(b) Kneel and look away.
(c) Stand and watch.
(d) Pray.

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

3. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?
(a) To write about what is being done to them.
(b) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(c) To read and understand the Bible.
(d) To read catalogs and order things.

4. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?
(a) Tobacco juice.
(b) Chemical pesticide.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Bubblegum.

5. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?
(a) He talks to Sarny about leaving.
(b) He devises a plan for the slaves to revolt.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He stares at the ceiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?

3. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?

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

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

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