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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She calls the other slaves to watch.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.
(d) She hits him over the head.

4. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?
(a) She praised her.
(b) She laughed.
(c) She smacked her.
(d) She told Waller.

5. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?
(a) July 7, 1800.
(b) March 26, 1865.
(c) January 1, 1808.
(d) April 12, 1799.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John offer to trade with the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night in Chapter 3?

2. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?

3. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?

4. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?

5. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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