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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?
(a) Below the big window on the white house.
(b) By the roadside under the elm tree.
(c) In the back garden of the slave quarters.
(d) In the front entrance to the slave quarters.

2. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?
(a) Bubblegum.
(b) Turpentine.
(c) Tobacco juice.
(d) Chemical pesticide.

3. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Copper.
(b) Porcelain.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Marble.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny say is forbidden in the slaves' sleeping quarters in Chapter 3?

2. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

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

5. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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