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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?
(a) In the cotton fields.
(b) In the flower beds.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the sleeping quarters.

2. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

3. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Field work.
(b) Helping with the young ones.
(c) Gathering eggs.
(d) Yard work.

4. What is Sarny doing when the master arrives with John in Chapter 3?
(a) Feeding the chickens.
(b) Changing the babies' diapers.
(c) Cleaning the eating trough.
(d) Watering the flower garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to the laws in each U.S. state which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?

3. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?

4. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?

5. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?

(see the answer key)

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