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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) A new house.

3. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Suffragism.

4. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?
(a) She is practicing witchcraft.
(b) She is Muslim.
(c) Slaves are forbidden to pray.
(d) She is worshiping African deities.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?

3. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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