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

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

3. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Pray.
(b) Stand and watch.
(c) Plow the fields.
(d) Kneel and look away.

4. 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 paint the shed.
(c) To tend to the babies.
(d) To make breakfast.

5. How many more nights does John say until he's gone when Mammy catches him teaching Sarny a new letter in Chapter 6?
(a) 3 nights.
(b) 5 nights.
(c) 4 nights.
(d) 2 nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?

3. How long does Sarny say it took Waller and his dogs to catch Jim when he ran in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Waller kick Sarny when he finds her writing in Chapter 5?

5. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarny describe the first day of John's recovery in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

6. Sarny describes two slaves that she has heard of that ran away from Waller's plantation in Chapter 4. What story is related of Jim's attempted escape?

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

8. How does Master Waller punish Mammy in Chapter 5? How do the other slaves respond to the abuse?

9. How was Pawley's disappearance discovered by Waller, according to Sarny in Chapter 4? Why was Pawley off the plantation?

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

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