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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 Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She hits him over the head.
(b) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She calls the other slaves to watch.

2. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?
(a) Alice, Sarny and John.
(b) Mammy and John.
(c) John and Sarny.
(d) Mammy, Sarny, and John.

3. What description best describes the relationship between Sarny and John in the novel?
(a) Brother/sister.
(b) Mother/son.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Father/daughter.

4. 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) 1776.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1865.

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?
(a) Food.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

5. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think it is important for John to teach the slaves to read and write as opposed to teaching them other information?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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