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

2. How does Waller punish Mammy after the slaves return from the fields in Chapter 5?
(a) He lets the dogs attack her.
(b) He chops off two of her toes.
(c) He makes her pull a horse buggy.
(d) He hangs her.

3. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Removal of an extremity.
(c) Castration.
(d) A prison sentence of five years.

4. In the end of Chapter 6, Sarny says that John won't be coming back unless what happens?
(a) He remembers his promise to Mammy.
(b) Waller has a change of heart.
(c) He drowns in the river.
(d) The dogs catch him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 6 means to limp?

3. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?

4. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?

5. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her at the spring house when the master and others aren't looking in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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