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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1826.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?

3. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?

4. By current estimates, approximately how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?

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

(see the answer key)

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