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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 say they pour down the trough in the mornings for the slaves in Chapter 3?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Buttermilk.

2. What does Sarny say is forbidden in the slaves' sleeping quarters in Chapter 3?
(a) Water.
(b) Light.
(c) Food.
(d) Beds.

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

4. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Homer.
(b) Horace.
(c) Clel.
(d) Andrew.

5. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?
(a) To step into the shackles on the spring house.
(b) To unleash the dogs.
(c) To pick out a switch to be beaten with.
(d) To step into the horse harness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mammy tell Sarny to prepare to treat her wounds after she is whipped in Chapter 5?

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

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

4. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?

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

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