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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?
(a) Dresses.
(b) A new house.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) Livestock.

3. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?
(a) Train.
(b) Acting intelligent.
(c) Begging the master.
(d) Witchery.

4. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Chemical pesticides.
(b) Little green bugs.
(c) Under-watering.
(d) Over-watering.

5. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(b) The perpetrator of evil.
(c) The kind and queen of the castle.
(d) Witches and warlocks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?

3. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?

4. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

5. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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