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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 white house.
(d) In the fields.

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

4. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I don't got no interest in learning.
(b) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(c) I'm young enough to be your daughter.
(d) I don't have nothing to do with whites.

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

6. 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 Marked Passage.
(b) The African Resistance.
(c) The Underground Railroad.
(d) The Freedom Train.

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

8. What does Mammy tell Sarny to prepare to treat her wounds after she is whipped in Chapter 5?
(a) Lotion and iodine.
(b) Bark and herbs.
(c) Rags and salt.
(d) A needle and thread.

9. How many slaves are estimated to have escaped to freedom in American History?
(a) Two million.
(b) Half a million.
(c) Sixty thousand.
(d) One million.

10. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?
(a) In the stomach.
(b) In the groin.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the leg.

11. How long does Sarny say it took Waller and his dogs to catch Jim when he ran in Chapter 4?
(a) Three days.
(b) Half a day.
(c) Two days.
(d) A day and a half.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?

3. How many more nights does John say until he's gone when Mammy catches him teaching Sarny a new letter in Chapter 6?

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

5. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?

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