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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 18th century.
(c) The 17th century.
(d) The 15th century.

2. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny's education.
(b) Sarny's marriage.
(c) Sarny's death.
(d) Sarny's eventual wealth.

3. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Gathering eggs.
(b) Field work.
(c) Helping with the young ones.
(d) Yard work.

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

5. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?
(a) She came out backwards.
(b) She was born blind.
(c) She was born deaf.
(d) She was born premature.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?

4. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

5. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?

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