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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?
(a) A holy veil.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A cooking pot.
(d) A burlap sack.

2. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?
(a) A husband.
(b) A child.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

5. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?
(a) Over $1,000.
(b) About $10,000.
(c) Under $100.
(d) About $500.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?

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

4. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?

5. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?

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