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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 John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?
(a) A piece of rawhide.
(b) A shovel.
(c) An axe.
(d) The horse carriage.

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1800.

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

4. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?
(a) Hope.
(b) Grief.
(c) A path to freedom.
(d) A record of history.

5. What does Mammy make for Alice to drink after tending her wounds in Chapter 4?
(a) Whiskey and water.
(b) Root tea.
(c) Molasses tea.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?

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

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?

4. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?

5. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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