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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 premature.
(b) She came out backwards.
(c) She was born deaf.
(d) She was born blind.

2. What does Sarny say they pour down the trough in the mornings for the slaves in Chapter 3?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Tea.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Coffee.

3. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Porcelain.
(c) Copper.
(d) Marble.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?

3. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?

4. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?

5. How does Sarny describe Alice's mental state in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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