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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?
(a) Older.
(b) Poorer.
(c) Wiser.
(d) Craftier.

2. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. Sarny states at the end of Chapter 2 that she knows the "people in the white house aren't richer" than whom?
(a) The President.
(b) Mammy.
(c) God.
(d) My father.

4. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?
(a) He cut off his toes.
(b) He castrated him.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He hung him.

5. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are poor.
(b) They are rich.
(c) They are struggling after the war.
(d) They have gone bankrupt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?

3. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?

4. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?

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

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