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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the laws in each U.S. state which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?
(a) Penance practices.
(b) Masterly rules.
(c) Slave codes.
(d) Abolition laws.

2. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?
(a) He talks to Sarny about leaving.
(b) He stares at the ceiling.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He devises a plan for the slaves to revolt.

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

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

5. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?
(a) Lard and pepper.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Horse manure.
(d) Salt and iodine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?

2. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?

3. What is the name of the field hand who assists in holding down John for his punishment in Chapter 5?

4. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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