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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 18th century.
(b) The 15th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 17th century.

2. 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?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1739.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1794.

3. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?
(a) By scratching marks on the floor.
(b) By collecting pebbles in a jar.
(c) By putting stakes in the ground.
(d) By marking notches on sticks.

4. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Suffragism.
(d) Eclecticism.

5. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?
(a) From a trough.
(b) From a long table.
(c) From a cauldron.
(d) From a grill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?

2. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

4. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?

5. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?

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