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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) In the woods.
(b) Hiding in a cotton field.
(c) In Boston.
(d) In church.

2. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?
(a) Chopping firewood.
(b) Hanging slaves.
(c) Chopping the heads off chickens.
(d) Painting the house.

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

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

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

6. What tools does Waller order one of the field hands to fetch from the blacksmith lean-to in Chapter 5?
(a) A branding iron and a horseshoe.
(b) A rake and a baler.
(c) A chisel and a hammer.
(d) A shovel and a hoe.

7. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her at the spring house when the master and others aren't looking in Chapter 5?
(a) Food.
(b) A knife.
(c) Water.
(d) A gun.

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

9. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) The other end of the cotton fields.
(b) To the train station in town.
(c) To the door of the sleeping quarters.
(d) Halfway to Pennsylvania.

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

11. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) He makes no sound.
(b) He sobs and cries.
(c) He grunts.
(d) He screams.

12. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) She believes he is lying.
(b) She believes he is just being hopeful.
(c) She believes he is joking.
(d) She believes he is telling the truth.

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

14. 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) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

15. What is the name of the field hand who assists in holding down John for his punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Tom.
(c) Robe.
(d) Jerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?

2. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?

3. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?

4. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?

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