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

2. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Clothing to cover herself.
(b) Whiskey to drink.
(c) Tobacco to put on her wounds.
(d) Water to drink.

3. What does Mammy do after John explains the reasoning behind his motives in Chapter 4?
(a) She returns to bed.
(b) She hits John again.
(c) She calls for the master.
(d) She starts to cry.

4. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?
(a) DOG.
(b) CAT.
(c) APPLE.
(d) BAG.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

2. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?

3. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to Alice being being whipped by Waller in Chapter 4? How is her whipping described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Sarny describe the circumstances of the slaves in the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. How is Alice described in the beginning of Chapter 4? What is Sarny's relationship like with Alice?

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