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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?
(a) By putting stakes in the ground.
(b) By collecting pebbles in a jar.
(c) By marking notches on sticks.
(d) By scratching marks on the floor.

2. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?
(a) She was a good house maid.
(b) She was a good midwife.
(c) She was a good cotton-picker.
(d) She was a good breeder.

3. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?
(a) Alice.
(b) Alaine.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Delie.

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

5. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?

2. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?

3. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?

4. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?

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

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