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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?
(a) Make the sound, then the letter.
(b) Write the letter, then write it in cursive.
(c) Write the letter in upper, then lower-case.
(d) Write the letter, and say a word with that letter.

2. What does Waller order the field hands to do when he is finished punishing John in Chapter 5?
(a) Rub salt into his wounds.
(b) Carry his body to the field and bury it.
(c) Get a rag and some grease on that.
(d) Get some boiled water and dip it in that.

3. 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) 1793.
(d) 1865.

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

5. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?
(a) To read catalogs and order things.
(b) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(c) To write about what is being done to them.
(d) To read and understand the Bible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1863.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?

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

4. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?

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

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