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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Over-watering.
(b) Little green bugs.
(c) Under-watering.
(d) Chemical pesticides.

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

3. 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) Witches and warlocks.
(c) The kind and queen of the castle.
(d) Dog droppings or horse crap.

4. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?
(a) The slaves are treated like treasured valuables.
(b) The slaves are treated compassionately.
(c) The slaves are treated like kings.
(d) The slaves are treated like animals.

5. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To give it to her.
(b) To spend it.
(c) To hide it.
(d) To give it to the master.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sarny enjoy doing every evening after the slaves eat?

3. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?

4. What is Mr. Waller's first name?

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

(see the answer key)

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