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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?
(a) The trouble.
(b) The spots.
(c) Womanhood.
(d) Aunt Mary.

3. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny views life outside the plantation as harsher than life within the plantation.
(b) Sarny experienced a brutal life outside the plantation when she was bought by Mr. Waller.
(c) Sarny's experiences outside the plantation have led her to desire freedom.
(d) Sarny has no knowledge of life outside of the plantation.

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

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. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?

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

3. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?

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

5. 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?

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