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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Chattel.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Shackle.
(d) Vestibule.

3. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who manages slaves on a plantation?
(a) Dunce.
(b) Vestibule.
(c) Maestro.
(d) Overseer.

4. 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 back garden of the slave quarters.
(d) In the front entrance to the slave quarters.

5. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?
(a) She smacked her.
(b) She told Waller.
(c) She praised her.
(d) She laughed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?

2. What substance does Sarny equate the color of her skin with in Chapter 3?

3. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?

4. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?

5. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?

(see the answer key)

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