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

3. 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) Cornbread.
(d) Salt.

4. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He lets the dogs attack her.
(b) He hangs her on the spring house.
(c) He shoots her.
(d) He hangs her.

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

6. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?
(a) He shot her.
(b) He let her work in the fields.
(c) He sold her.
(d) He had her tied down and raped.

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

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

9. 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 makes her pull a horse buggy.
(d) He lets the dogs attack her.

10. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?
(a) Removal of an extremity.
(b) A prison sentence of five years.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Castration.

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

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

13. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) To make breakfast.
(b) To water the flowers.
(c) To tend to the babies.
(d) To paint the shed.

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

15. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?
(a) In a metal pen by the cotton fields.
(b) In a stone pen by the horse barn.
(c) Inside the white house.
(d) In a pit by the slave quarters.