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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Waller punish Mammy after the slaves return from the fields in Chapter 5?
(a) He makes her pull a horse buggy.
(b) He hangs her.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He chops off two of her toes.

2. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?
(a) Country lawmen.
(b) Bear hunters.
(c) Cotton traders.
(d) Bounty hunters.

3. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He hangs her on the spring house.
(b) He hangs her.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He shoots her.

4. What does John make shoes from before he runs away in Chapter 6?
(a) Cloth rags.
(b) Rawhide.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Rubber tires.

5. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To marry the woman he loved.
(b) To free his mother.
(c) To free his son.
(d) To teach others to read and write.

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

7. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?
(a) R.
(b) J.
(c) H.
(d) L.

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

9. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?
(a) That he wishes her a good life.
(b) That she should come with him.
(c) That he is going to kill Waller.
(d) That he will be back.

10. What does John wrap around his toes before he leaves in Chapter 6?
(a) Rags.
(b) Pork skin.
(c) Plastic wrap.
(d) Raw cotton.

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

12. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?
(a) To hang a noose from the shed.
(b) To take her to the hospital.
(c) To rub salt into her wounds.
(d) To call the police.

13. What quality stands out the most in John's character?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

14. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?
(a) Grief.
(b) A path to freedom.
(c) Hope.
(d) A record of history.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?

3. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?

4. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

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

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