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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) In the white house.
(b) In the fields.
(c) At church.
(d) At a party.

2. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?
(a) He castrated him.
(b) He cut off his toes.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He hung him.

3. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because nobody ever gets away.
(b) Because it is wrong.
(c) Because they love the master.
(d) Because there is nowhere to run to.

4. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?
(a) He devises a plan for the slaves to revolt.
(b) He stares at the ceiling.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He talks to Sarny about leaving.

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

6. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?
(a) Rage.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Hope.
(d) Disdain.

7. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?
(a) Mammy, Sarny, and John.
(b) Mammy and John.
(c) John and Sarny.
(d) Alice, Sarny and John.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Mammy do after John explains the reasoning behind his motives in Chapter 4?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She hits John again.
(c) She returns to bed.
(d) She calls for the master.

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

15. 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) 1793.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?

2. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?

3. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?

4. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?

5. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?

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