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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?
(a) Hope.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Rage.
(d) Humiliation.

2. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To spend it.
(b) To give it to the master.
(c) To hide it.
(d) To give it to her.

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

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

5. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because there is nowhere to run to.
(b) Because they love the master.
(c) Because it is wrong.
(d) Because nobody ever gets away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

3. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

4. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?

5. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"

(see the answer key)

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