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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?
(a) She was born blind.
(b) She was born premature.
(c) She came out backwards.
(d) She was born deaf.

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Vestibule.
(b) Chattel.
(c) Promontory.
(d) Shackle.

3. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Alice.
(b) Old Delie.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Alaine.

4. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?
(a) How to be quiet.
(b) How to count.
(c) The rules of grammar.
(d) The alphabet.

5. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Alice.
(c) Delie.
(d) Alaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of coin does Sarny describe finding in the dirt in Chapter 2?

2. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

3. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

4. What is Mr. Waller's first name?

5. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John's appearance described when he first arrives at the plantation in Chapter 3?

2. How does Mr. Waller behave toward John as he brings him into the plantation in Chapter 3?

3. When is the first time that Sarny describes hearing the word "free" in Chapter 2? What were her perceptions of this word?

4. What imagery and/or symbolism is used in describing the slaves on the plantation in Chapter 2?

5. What job or jobs does Sarny do around the plantation in Chapter 1?

6. What work is Sarny doing on the plantation in the beginning of Chapter 2? How does she feel about this chore?

7. How does Sarny describe Mammy's method of praying in Chapter 2? Why does Mammy pray this way?

8. How does the author illustrate Sarny's only encounter with money in Chapter 2?

9. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's description of the penny that she once found in Chapter 2?

10. What intrigues and inspires Sarny to want to learn to read and write? What risks does she take in doing so?

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