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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) The Freedom Train.
(b) The Marked Passage.
(c) The Underground Railroad.
(d) The African Resistance.

3. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Suede.
(c) Canvas.
(d) Denim.

4. What does John offer to trade with the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night in Chapter 3?
(a) Soup.
(b) Letters.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Songs.

5. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?
(a) Write the letter, then write it in cursive.
(b) Make the sound, then the letter.
(c) Write the letter in upper, then lower-case.
(d) Write the letter, and say a word with that letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarny make words with the letters that she knows during John's absence in Chapter 7?

2. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?

3. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?

4. What does Mammy tell Sarny to fetch as John is taken to the slave quarters after his punishment in Chapter 5?

5. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

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