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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. In the end of Chapter 6, Sarny says that John won't be coming back unless what happens?
2. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?
3. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?
4. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?
5. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Pawley's disappearance discovered by Waller, according to Sarny in Chapter 4? Why was Pawley off the plantation?
2. How does Master Waller punish Mammy in Chapter 5? How do the other slaves respond to the abuse?
3. How has the relationship between Mammy and John evolved by Chapter 6?
4. What are Sarny's perceptions of Alice's whipping when she witnesses it in Chapter 4?
5. What does John teach Sarny in Chapter 6? How does Mammy respond when she observes this exchange?
6. 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?
7. Why do you think it is important for John to teach the slaves to read and write as opposed to teaching them other information?
8. How does Sarny describe the circumstances of the slaves in the beginning of Chapter 5?
9. How is John's departure described in Chapter 6? What does Sarny make of John's farewell?
10. What is foreshadowed in Chapter 6? What does the reader expect to happen based on John's actions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the meaning and the value of money as seen through Sarny’s eyes in Nightjohn. What does Sarny remark about the monetary value that her mother brought for Waller? How does this perception of people as having a monetary value impact Sarny’s view of the world around her? What negative impacts might this outlook cause in a person’s self worth?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the “barter” made between John and Sarny when they first meet. How does bartering or trading relate to the theme of monetary value in the novel? What does Sarny trade with John in order to learn “letters”? What does John gain from the arrangement?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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