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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?
(a) She was a good breeder.
(b) She was a good midwife.
(c) She was a good house maid.
(d) She was a good cotton-picker.

2. What word from Chapter 5 means to faint or lose consciousness?
(a) Incur.
(b) Swoon.
(c) Careen.
(d) Conjecture.

3. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Suffragism.

4. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?
(a) He shot her.
(b) He sold her.
(c) He had her tied down and raped.
(d) He let her work in the fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has Sarny observed people reading prior to meeting John?

3. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

4. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

5. What does Sarny say is forbidden in the slaves' sleeping quarters in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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