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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

2. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are struggling after the war.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They have gone bankrupt.

3. What does John make shoes from before he runs away in Chapter 6?
(a) Cloth rags.
(b) Rubber tires.
(c) Rawhide.
(d) Tree bark.

4. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?
(a) Relegating.
(b) Shucking.
(c) Spindling.
(d) Parboiling.

5. What literary device is used throughout "Words"?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Literary allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves are estimated to have escaped to freedom in American History?

2. What name refers to a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada?

3. How many more nights does John say until he's gone when Mammy catches him teaching Sarny a new letter in Chapter 6?

4. 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?

5. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?

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