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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?
(a) From a long table.
(b) From a cauldron.
(c) From a trough.
(d) From a grill.

2. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) France.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

4. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?
(a) Witchery.
(b) Begging the master.
(c) Acting intelligent.
(d) Train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?

2. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?

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. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?

5. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?

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