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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are struggling after the war.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They have gone bankrupt.

3. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?
(a) She came out backwards.
(b) She was born blind.
(c) She was born premature.
(d) She was born deaf.

4. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To give it to the master.
(b) To give it to her.
(c) To hide it.
(d) To spend it.

5. 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) In the back garden of the slave quarters.
(c) Below the big window on the white house.
(d) By the roadside under the elm tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny enjoy doing every evening after the slaves eat?

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

3. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?

4. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?

5. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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