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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Pansies.
(b) Crocuses.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Roses.

2. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Copper.
(c) Marble.
(d) Porcelain.

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

4. 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.

5. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?
(a) Spindling.
(b) Shucking.
(c) Relegating.
(d) Parboiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny say they pour down the trough in the mornings for the slaves in Chapter 3?

2. What is Sarny doing when the master arrives with John in Chapter 3?

3. 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?

4. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?

5. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?

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