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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He hangs her on the spring house.
(b) He hangs her.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He shoots her.

2. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?
(a) Gentle and kind.
(b) Dried up and mean.
(c) Proud and beautiful.
(d) Soft spoken and meek.

3. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Clel.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Horace.
(d) Homer.

4. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?
(a) That escaped slaves must be returned to their master.
(b) That slaves be forbidden from attending church.
(c) That slaves were forbidden from reading and writing.
(d) That the child of a slave was a slave.

5. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) To water the flowers.
(b) To paint the shed.
(c) To tend to the babies.
(d) To make breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures does Mammy remark upon when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?

2. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?

3. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?

4. What does John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?

5. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?

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