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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?
(a) He let her work in the fields.
(b) He shot her.
(c) He had her tied down and raped.
(d) He sold her.

4. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny experienced a brutal life outside the plantation when she was bought by Mr. Waller.
(b) Sarny has no knowledge of life outside of the plantation.
(c) Sarny views life outside the plantation as harsher than life within the plantation.
(d) Sarny's experiences outside the plantation have led her to desire freedom.

5. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?
(a) In a metal pen by the cotton fields.
(b) Inside the white house.
(c) In a stone pen by the horse barn.
(d) In a pit by the slave quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?

2. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?

3. What is Mammy doing when Sarny runs to her as she tries to escape Waller in Chapter 5?

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

5. What refers to the laws in each U.S. state which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?

(see the answer key)

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