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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?
(a) A burlap sack.
(b) A holy veil.
(c) A cooking pot.
(d) A fireplace.

2. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 17th century.
(b) The 18th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 15th century.

3. What is Sarny doing when the master arrives with John in Chapter 3?
(a) Changing the babies' diapers.
(b) Watering the flower garden.
(c) Feeding the chickens.
(d) Cleaning the eating trough.

4. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Clothing to cover herself.
(b) Water to drink.
(c) Whiskey to drink.
(d) Tobacco to put on her wounds.

5. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?
(a) She is worshiping African deities.
(b) She is practicing witchcraft.
(c) Slaves are forbidden to pray.
(d) She is Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?

2. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

3. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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