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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?
(a) God.
(b) The President.
(c) Mammy.
(d) My father.

2. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Roses.
(b) Crocuses.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Pansies.

3. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) The pain of betrayal.
(c) Longing and forbidden love.
(d) The importance of literacy.

4. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?
(a) In the head.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the groin.
(d) In the leg.

5. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because there is nowhere to run to.
(b) Because it is wrong.
(c) Because nobody ever gets away.
(d) Because they love the master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her at the spring house when the master and others aren't looking in Chapter 5?

2. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?

3. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?

4. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?

5. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?

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