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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?
(a) In the back garden of the slave quarters.
(b) Below the big window on the white house.
(c) By the roadside under the elm tree.
(d) In the front entrance to the slave quarters.

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

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

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

5. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Homer.
(b) Clel.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?

2. 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?

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

4. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

5. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

(see the answer key)

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