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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does Sarny compare John's laughter to in Chapter 3?
(a) A witch's cackle.
(b) Distant thunder.
(c) A lion's roar.
(d) A crow's call.

2. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) Spain.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

3. Where has Sarny observed people reading prior to meeting John?
(a) In the white house.
(b) At the slave market.
(c) At church.
(d) In town.

4. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

5. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?
(a) 20.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

6. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Yard work.
(b) Field work.
(c) Helping with the young ones.
(d) Gathering eggs.

7. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?
(a) She writes it with a pen and paper.
(b) She scratches it into the dirt floor.
(c) She etches it into the wooden door.
(d) She scratches it into the tree.

8. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?
(a) A husband.
(b) Literacy.
(c) A child.
(d) Freedom.

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

10. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?
(a) Dried up and mean.
(b) Proud and beautiful.
(c) Gentle and kind.
(d) Soft spoken and meek.

11. 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) Dresses.
(b) A new house.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) Livestock.

12. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny's eventual wealth.
(b) Sarny's marriage.
(c) Sarny's death.
(d) Sarny's education.

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

14. What is the name of Mrs. Waller's sister?
(a) Alaine.
(b) Mary.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Alice.

15. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?
(a) By putting stakes in the ground.
(b) By marking notches on sticks.
(c) By scratching marks on the floor.
(d) By collecting pebbles in a jar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?

3. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?

4. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?

5. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?

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