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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Sarny say that John is incapacitated after his punishment from Waller in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 3 nights.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 night.
(d) 1 week.

2. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) He grunts.
(b) He sobs and cries.
(c) He makes no sound.
(d) He screams.

3. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?
(a) H.
(b) R.
(c) L.
(d) J.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The North.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?

4. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?

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

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