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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Chattel.
(b) Vestibule.
(c) Shackle.
(d) Promontory.

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

3. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?
(a) Soft spoken and meek.
(b) Proud and beautiful.
(c) Gentle and kind.
(d) Dried up and mean.

4. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?
(a) A record of history.
(b) A path to freedom.
(c) Hope.
(d) Grief.

5. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?

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

3. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"

4. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?

5. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?

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