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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mammy do after John explains the reasoning behind his motives in Chapter 4?
(a) She calls for the master.
(b) She returns to bed.
(c) She hits John again.
(d) She starts to cry.

2. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"
(a) Cause they think we're too dumb to learn.
(b) Cause they worried that we'll start talking like them.
(c) Cause it says so in the Bible.
(d) Cause to know things, for us to know things, is bad for them.

3. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The North.
(d) The cemetery.

4. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He shoots her.
(b) He hangs her.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He hangs her on the spring house.

5. To whom does Mammy pray when Sarny witnesses her in Chapter 2?
(a) Lord Jesus.
(b) Saint Mary.
(c) The Great Buddha.
(d) Allah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?

2. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

3. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?

4. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?

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

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