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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of coin does Sarny describe finding in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) A dime.
(b) A penny.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A nickel.

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

3. To whom does Mammy pray when Sarny witnesses her in Chapter 2?
(a) Lord Jesus.
(b) Saint Mary.
(c) The Great Buddha.
(d) Allah.

4. What does Sarny enjoy doing every evening after the slaves eat?
(a) Singing songs that she learned in church.
(b) Laying in bed thinking about what she's learned.
(c) Drawing pictures in the sand in the chicken shed.
(d) Playing a harmonica that she found in town.

5. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) The perpetrator of evil.
(b) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(c) The kind and queen of the castle.
(d) Witches and warlocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?

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

3. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?

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

5. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?

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