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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. What is Mammy doing when Sarny runs to her as she tries to escape Waller in Chapter 5?
(a) Tending Alice's wounds.
(b) Tending the flower bed.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Cooking breakfast.

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

4. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?
(a) F.
(b) C.
(c) B.
(d) D.

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

6. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?
(a) Tin.
(b) Adobe.
(c) Wood.
(d) Stone.

7. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?
(a) To write about what is being done to them.
(b) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(c) To read catalogs and order things.
(d) To read and understand the Bible.

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

9. What word from Chapter 5 means to faint or lose consciousness?
(a) Conjecture.
(b) Incur.
(c) Careen.
(d) Swoon.

10. How does Sarny describe Alice's mental state in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) She was deaf and dumb.
(b) She was quiet but had seizures.
(c) She was mentally strong.
(d) She was addled in the head.

11. What creatures does Mammy remark upon when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) The bees.
(b) Waller's dogs.
(c) The cats.
(d) The birds.

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

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

14. What does Mammy tell Sarny to fetch as John is taken to the slave quarters after his punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Salt.
(c) Boiling water.
(d) Cornbread.

15. For how long does Sarny say that John is incapacitated after his punishment from Waller in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 3 nights.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?

2. What does John wrap around his toes before he leaves in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mammy ask John when she sees him teaching Sarny in Chapter 6?

4. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?

5. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?

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