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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1856.

2. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 15th century.
(b) The 16th century.
(c) The 18th century.
(d) The 17th century.

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

4. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?
(a) Parboiling.
(b) Shucking.
(c) Relegating.
(d) Spindling.

5. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?
(a) How to be quiet.
(b) The rules of grammar.
(c) How to count.
(d) The alphabet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?

2. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?

3. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

4. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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