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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 Mammy make for Alice to drink after tending her wounds in Chapter 4?
(a) Molasses tea.
(b) Whiskey and water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Root tea.

2. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?
(a) Parboiling.
(b) Shucking.
(c) Relegating.
(d) Spindling.

3. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In church.
(d) Hiding in a cotton field.

4. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?
(a) She writes it with a pen and paper.
(b) She scratches it into the tree.
(c) She scratches it into the dirt floor.
(d) She etches it into the wooden door.

5. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

2. What is Mr. Waller's first name?

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

4. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?

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

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