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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?
(a) She writes it with a pen and paper.
(b) She etches it into the wooden door.
(c) She scratches it into the tree.
(d) She scratches it into the dirt floor.

2. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Old Delie.
(b) Alice.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Alaine.

3. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

4. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?
(a) About $500.
(b) Under $100.
(c) About $10,000.
(d) Over $1,000.

5. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) The perpetrator of evil.
(b) The kind and queen of the castle.
(c) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(d) Witches and warlocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. By current estimates, approximately how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?

2. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?

3. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?

4. 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?

5. Where has Sarny observed people reading prior to meeting John?

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