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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Farm supplies.
(c) A new house.
(d) Dresses.

2. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

3. 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?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1826.

4. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the sleeping quarters.
(c) In the flower beds.
(d) In the cotton fields.

5. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

2. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?

3. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?

4. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a gourd used for eating or drinking?

5. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?

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