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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wood.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Tin.

2. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?
(a) From a cauldron.
(b) From a long table.
(c) From a grill.
(d) From a trough.

3. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Pray.
(b) Plow the fields.
(c) Stand and watch.
(d) Kneel and look away.

4. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) He screams.
(b) He grunts.
(c) He sobs and cries.
(d) He makes no sound.

5. By current estimates, approximately how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?
(a) 12 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 20 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Waller order the field hands to do when he is finished punishing John in Chapter 5?

3. What description best describes the relationship between Sarny and John in the novel?

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

5. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?

(see the answer key)

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