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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Abolitionism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Suffragism.
(d) Calvinism.

2. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Under-watering.
(b) Over-watering.
(c) Chemical pesticides.
(d) Little green bugs.

3. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?
(a) The slaves are treated compassionately.
(b) The slaves are treated like animals.
(c) The slaves are treated like kings.
(d) The slaves are treated like treasured valuables.

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

5. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) A piece of cornbread.
(b) A bowl of oatmeal.
(c) A piece of bacon.
(d) A potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?

2. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?

3. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?

4. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?

5. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?

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