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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Alliteration.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Simile.

2. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They have gone bankrupt.
(c) They are struggling after the war.
(d) They are poor.

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

4. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?
(a) A cooking pot.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A burlap sack.
(d) A holy veil.

5. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?
(a) How to be quiet.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) How to count.
(d) The rules of grammar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

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

4. What sound does Sarny compare John's laughter to in Chapter 3?

5. 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?

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