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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?"
(a) Cause to know things, for us to know things, is bad for them.
(b) Cause they worried that we'll start talking like them.
(c) Cause it says so in the Bible.
(d) Cause they think we're too dumb to learn.

2. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?
(a) She smacked her.
(b) She praised her.
(c) She told Waller.
(d) She laughed.

3. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are struggling after the war.
(b) They have gone bankrupt.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They are poor.

4. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Dresses.
(c) A new house.
(d) Farm supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Sarny compare John's laughter to in Chapter 3?

2. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

3. What does Mammy make for Alice to drink after tending her wounds in Chapter 4?

4. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

5. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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