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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?
(a) Tobacco juice.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Bubblegum.
(d) Chemical pesticide.

2. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?

2. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

4. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?

5. By current estimates, approximately how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?

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