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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?
(a) Promenade.
(b) Calabash.
(c) Menagerie.
(d) Gaggle.

4. Sarny compares the sound of "the north" to listening to what sounds in Chapter 4?
(a) Birds singing or wind in the trees.
(b) Wolves and dogs howling.
(c) Cars and train whistles.
(d) Distant thunder at night.

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

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

7. What does Mammy ask John when she sees him teaching Sarny in Chapter 6?
(a) Are you addled in the brain?
(b) Will you teach me too?
(c) Can I call the others to look?
(d) What good will that do?

8. What name refers to a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada?
(a) The African Resistance.
(b) The Underground Railroad.
(c) The Marked Passage.
(d) The Freedom Train.

9. What question does Sarny always ask about the letters of the alphabet when John introduces them to her?
(a) What it feels like.
(b) Where the top is.
(c) What words it makes.
(d) Where the bottom is.

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

11. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Lard and pepper.
(c) Salt and iodine.
(d) Horse manure.

12. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?

2. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of the field hand who assists in holding down John for his punishment in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?

5. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?

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