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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 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 tend to the babies.
(d) To paint the shed.

2. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?
(a) Horse's ass.
(b) Ogre.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Cracker.

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

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

5. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?
(a) Walk to the fields.
(b) Eat solid food.
(c) Talk back to the master.
(d) Stand up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?

2. What is Mammy doing when Sarny runs to her as she tries to escape Waller in Chapter 5?

3. What name refers to a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada?

4. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?

5. What creatures does Mammy remark upon when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What element of the novel's plot structure is seen in Chapter 5?

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

5. How does the relationship between Mammy and John change after John explains his past in Chapter 4?

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

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

8. How is John's departure described in Chapter 6? What does Sarny make of John's farewell?

9. What causes Master Waller to send Old Delie to the spring house in Chapter 5?

10. How does Mammy respond when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?

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