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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?
(a) In Harriet Tubman's memory.
(b) In Sally Hemings' memory.
(c) In John Brown's memory.
(d) In Frederick Douglass's memory.

3. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?
(a) The period.
(b) The question mark.
(c) The letter A.
(d) The number 1.

4. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?
(a) To rub salt into her wounds.
(b) To call the police.
(c) To take her to the hospital.
(d) To hang a noose from the shed.

5. How does Waller punish Mammy after the slaves return from the fields in Chapter 5?
(a) He hangs her.
(b) He makes her pull a horse buggy.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He chops off two of her toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures does Mammy remark upon when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?

2. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?

4. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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