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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?
(a) The period.
(b) The question mark.
(c) The number 1.
(d) The letter A.

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

4. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a gourd used for eating or drinking?
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Calabash.
(c) Marigold.
(d) Visor.

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

6. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) The pain of betrayal.
(b) The importance of literacy.
(c) Longing and forbidden love.
(d) Political corruption.

7. What substance does Sarny equate the color of her skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Sassafras tea.
(b) Molasses.
(c) Brown sugar.
(d) Coffee.

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

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

10. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?
(a) In the flower beds.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In the sleeping quarters.
(d) In the cotton fields.

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

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

13. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?
(a) Eclecticism.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Suffragism.
(d) Emancipation.

14. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She praised her.
(c) She smacked her.
(d) She told Waller.

15. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Promontory.
(b) Shackle.
(c) Vestibule.
(d) Chattel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?

3. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?

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

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who manages slaves on a plantation?

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