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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?
(a) In Sally Hemings' memory.
(b) In Harriet Tubman's memory.
(c) In Frederick Douglass's memory.
(d) In John Brown's memory.

2. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

3. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Daffodils.
(b) Roses.
(c) Crocuses.
(d) Pansies.

4. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?
(a) In the front entrance to the slave quarters.
(b) Below the big window on the white house.
(c) By the roadside under the elm tree.
(d) In the back garden of the slave quarters.

5. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?
(a) The events in the story are purely from the imagination of the author and not based on any historical people.
(b) The events are true except for variation in time and character identification.
(c) The events in the story are satirical.
(d) The events in the story are loosely based on events that occurred in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1861.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?

3. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?

4. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?

5. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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