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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) Abolition laws.
(b) Slave codes.
(c) Penance practices.
(d) Masterly rules.

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

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

4. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?
(a) Under $100.
(b) About $10,000.
(c) About $500.
(d) Over $1,000.

5. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?
(a) Older.
(b) Wiser.
(c) Poorer.
(d) Craftier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?

3. In the end of Chapter 6, Sarny says that John won't be coming back unless what happens?

4. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?

5. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?

(see the answer key)

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