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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The rules of grammar.
(d) How to count.

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

3. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Yard work.
(b) Gathering eggs.
(c) Helping with the young ones.
(d) Field work.

5. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To give it to her.
(b) To give it to the master.
(c) To hide it.
(d) To spend it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is John attired when he first arrives at the plantation in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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