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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. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?
(a) It is milky white.
(b) It is black and smooth.
(c) It is proud beneath his shirt.
(d) It is covered in scars.

3. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?
(a) In John Brown's memory.
(b) In Frederick Douglass's memory.
(c) In Sally Hemings' memory.
(d) In Harriet Tubman's memory.

4. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) Witches and warlocks.
(b) The kind and queen of the castle.
(c) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(d) The perpetrator of evil.

5. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?
(a) She came out backwards.
(b) She was born deaf.
(c) She was born blind.
(d) She was born premature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?

3. What kind of coin does Sarny describe finding in the dirt in Chapter 2?

4. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?

5. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?

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