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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Pray.
(b) Plow the fields.
(c) Kneel and look away.
(d) Stand and watch.

2. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?
(a) About $10,000.
(b) About $500.
(c) Under $100.
(d) Over $1,000.

3. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I don't got no interest in learning.
(b) I don't have nothing to do with whites.
(c) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(d) I'm young enough to be your daughter.

4. Sarny compares the sound of "the north" to listening to what sounds in Chapter 4?
(a) Distant thunder at night.
(b) Wolves and dogs howling.
(c) Cars and train whistles.
(d) Birds singing or wind in the trees.

5. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?
(a) A child.
(b) A husband.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Literacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?

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

3. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?

4. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?

5. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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