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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?
(a) She was born deaf.
(b) She was born blind.
(c) She was born premature.
(d) She came out backwards.

2. What does John offer to trade with the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night in Chapter 3?
(a) Songs.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Soup.
(d) Letters.

3. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?
(a) The events in the story are satirical.
(b) The events in the story are loosely based on events that occurred in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1861.
(c) The events are true except for variation in time and character identification.
(d) The events in the story are purely from the imagination of the author and not based on any historical people.

4. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?
(a) He hung him.
(b) He cut off his toes.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He castrated him.

5. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?
(a) A new house.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) Livestock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?

2. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?

3. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?

4. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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