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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1865.

2. "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 were forbidden from reading and writing.
(c) That the child of a slave was a slave.
(d) That slaves be forbidden from attending church.

3. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?
(a) Waller.
(b) Smith.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Freeman.

4. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) Hiding in a cotton field.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In church.
(d) In Boston.

5. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?
(a) Cracker.
(b) Horse's ass.
(c) Ogre.
(d) Bastard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?

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

3. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?

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

5. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?

(see the answer key)

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