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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the flower beds.
(c) In the cotton fields.
(d) In the sleeping quarters.

2. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

4. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Old Delie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Alaine.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

4. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?

5. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?

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