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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. What does Mammy ask John when she sees him teaching Sarny in Chapter 6?
(a) Can I call the others to look?
(b) What good will that do?
(c) Are you addled in the brain?
(d) Will you teach me too?

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

5. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?
(a) Make the sound, then the letter.
(b) Write the letter in upper, then lower-case.
(c) Write the letter, and say a word with that letter.
(d) Write the letter, then write it in cursive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?

2. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

3. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?

4. How is John attired when he first arrives at the plantation in Chapter 3?

5. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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