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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. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?
(a) Love.
(b) Leave.
(c) Teach.
(d) Be free.

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

3. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To teach others to read and write.
(b) To marry the woman he loved.
(c) To free his mother.
(d) To free his son.

4. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?
(a) Lard and pepper.
(b) Salt and iodine.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Horse manure.

5. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) She believes he is lying.
(b) She believes he is just being hopeful.
(c) She believes he is joking.
(d) She believes he is telling the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?

2. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?

3. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?

4. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?

5. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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