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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chapter entitled "Words" acts in what capacity in the novel's structure?
(a) An index.
(b) An epilogue.
(c) A prologue.
(d) A dedication.

2. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) To the train station in town.
(b) Halfway to Pennsylvania.
(c) To the door of the sleeping quarters.
(d) The other end of the cotton fields.

3. 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?
(a) Farm supplies.
(b) Dresses.
(c) A new house.
(d) Livestock.

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

5. What does Sarny use to draw the letters of the alphabet for the other slaves at the pit school in Chapter 7?
(a) A stick.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A pen.
(d) A piece of chalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?

2. Sarny compares the sound of "the north" to listening to what sounds in Chapter 4?

3. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?

5. Where did the Stono Rebellion take place?

(see the answer key)

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