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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 17th century.
(b) The 16th century.
(c) The 15th century.
(d) The 18th century.

2. What substance does Sarny equate the color of her skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Sassafras tea.
(d) Brown sugar.

3. What sound does Sarny compare John's laughter to in Chapter 3?
(a) A witch's cackle.
(b) Distant thunder.
(c) A crow's call.
(d) A lion's roar.

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

5. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?
(a) That escaped slaves must be returned to their master.
(b) That the child of a slave was a slave.
(c) That slaves were forbidden from reading and writing.
(d) That slaves be forbidden from attending church.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?

(see the answer key)

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