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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For how long does Sarny say that John is incapacitated after his punishment from Waller in the beginning of Chapter 6?
2. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?
3. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?
4. What is "the next letter" that John introduces to Sarny on the second night of his recovery in Chapter 6?
5. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Pawley die, according to the story related from Sarny in Chapter 4?
2. How does Mammy respond when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?
3. How is John's departure described in Chapter 6? What does Sarny make of John's farewell?
4. 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?
5. What leads up to Alice being being whipped by Waller in Chapter 4? How is her whipping described?
6. How was Pawley's disappearance discovered by Waller, according to Sarny in Chapter 4? Why was Pawley off the plantation?
7. What is foreshadowed by Alice's treatment and abuse from Waller in Chapter 4?
8. What does John teach Sarny in Chapter 6? How does Mammy respond when she observes this exchange?
9. How is Alice described in the beginning of Chapter 4? What is Sarny's relationship like with Alice?
10. How does Waller discover that Sarny is learning to read and write in Chapter 5? How does he react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the character of Sarny as the protagonist and narrator of Nightjohn. How does Sarny describe her role in the story in Chapter 1? What aspects of Sarny’s character stand out for you as a reader? How old is Sarny’s character when she is first introduced? How does Sarny’s character evolve in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the poetic elements seen in “Words.” Develop a chart that indicates examples in this chapter of repetition, assonance, alliteration, rhyme, meter, symbolism, metaphor, etc. Why do you think that this chapter differs from the others in its narrative style? What does this change indicate?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the structure of the narrative plot of Nightjohn. Where in the text do the following occur: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How traditionally structured is the plot of the story?
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