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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?
(a) Pondering.
(b) Muttering.
(c) Scrambling.
(d) Scribbling.

2. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1793.

3. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1863.

4. What word from Chapter 6 means to limp?
(a) Enchant.
(b) Hobble.
(c) Scribble.
(d) Bramble.

5. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) A piece of cornbread.
(b) A bowl of oatmeal.
(c) A piece of bacon.
(d) A potato.

6. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?
(a) He sold her.
(b) He shot her.
(c) He had her tied down and raped.
(d) He let her work in the fields.

7. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Stand and watch.
(b) Pray.
(c) Kneel and look away.
(d) Plow the fields.

8. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She calls the other slaves to watch.
(c) She hits him over the head.
(d) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.

9. How many letters of the alphabet has Sarny learned at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

10. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?
(a) He was killed by Waller's dogs.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was lynched.
(d) He bled to death after castration.

11. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?
(a) Teach.
(b) Love.
(c) Be free.
(d) Leave.

12. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I don't got no interest in learning.
(b) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(c) I'm young enough to be your daughter.
(d) I don't have nothing to do with whites.

13. What description best describes the relationship between Sarny and John in the novel?
(a) Mother/son.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Brother/sister.
(d) Father/daughter.

14. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?
(a) In the city.
(b) In church.
(c) At a neighboring plantation.
(d) On the slave ship.

15. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?
(a) Removal of an extremity.
(b) A prison sentence of five years.
(c) Castration.
(d) Hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?

2. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?

3. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?

4. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?

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

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