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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?
(a) In a pit by the slave quarters.
(b) In a stone pen by the horse barn.
(c) In a metal pen by the cotton fields.
(d) Inside the white house.

2. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Tobacco to put on her wounds.
(b) Clothing to cover herself.
(c) Water to drink.
(d) Whiskey to drink.

3. How many letters of the alphabet has Sarny learned at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Removal of an extremity.
(c) A prison sentence of five years.
(d) Castration.

5. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Biblical allusion.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

2. What does Mammy make for Alice to drink after tending her wounds in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?

5. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"

(see the answer key)

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