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

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

3. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1776.

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

5. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?
(a) To step into the horse harness.
(b) To unleash the dogs.
(c) To step into the shackles on the spring house.
(d) To pick out a switch to be beaten with.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question does Sarny always ask about the letters of the alphabet when John introduces them to her?

3. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?

4. What does Mammy make for Alice to drink after tending her wounds in Chapter 4?

5. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Master Waller punish John after he has stepped forward in Chapter 5? How does John respond to his punishment?

2. What does John teach Sarny in Chapter 6? How does Mammy respond when she observes this exchange?

3. How does John describe his plans for escape to Mammy and Sarny in Chapter 6?

4. What is foreshadowed by Alice's treatment and abuse from Waller in Chapter 4?

5. What are Sarny's perceptions of Alice's whipping when she witnesses it in Chapter 4?

6. What happens after Alice's whipping in Chapter 4? How are Alice's wounds treated?

7. What instructions does Mammy give to Sarny while she's at the spring house in Chapter 5?

8. How did Pawley die, according to the story related from Sarny in Chapter 4?

9. How has the relationship between Mammy and John evolved by Chapter 6?

10. What is the significance of Master Waller's public displays of punishment for the slaves in the novel?

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