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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 Mammy ask John when she sees him teaching Sarny in Chapter 6?
(a) Can I call the others to look?
(b) Will you teach me too?
(c) Are you addled in the brain?
(d) What good will that do?

2. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To free his mother.
(b) To marry the woman he loved.
(c) To teach others to read and write.
(d) To free his son.

3. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?
(a) He was killed by Waller's dogs.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He bled to death after castration.
(d) He was lynched.

4. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

5. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?
(a) BAG.
(b) CAT.
(c) APPLE.
(d) DOG.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?

2. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?

3. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?

4. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?

5. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?

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