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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?
(a) Hanging slaves.
(b) Chopping firewood.
(c) Chopping the heads off chickens.
(d) Painting the house.

2. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) The pain of betrayal.
(c) The importance of literacy.
(d) Longing and forbidden love.

3. What is Mammy doing when Sarny runs to her as she tries to escape Waller in Chapter 5?
(a) Cooking breakfast.
(b) Working in the fields.
(c) Tending the flower bed.
(d) Tending Alice's wounds.

4. What is the name of Mrs. Waller's sister?
(a) Alaine.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alice.
(d) Margaret.

5. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?
(a) Freeman.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Waller.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?

2. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?

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

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

5. What does Mammy do after John explains the reasoning behind his motives in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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