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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?
(a) She is Muslim.
(b) She is worshiping African deities.
(c) Slaves are forbidden to pray.
(d) She is practicing witchcraft.

2. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?
(a) How to be quiet.
(b) How to count.
(c) The rules of grammar.
(d) The alphabet.

3. How does Sarny describe Mrs. Waller's sister in Chapter 2?
(a) Gentle and kind.
(b) Proud and beautiful.
(c) Soft spoken and meek.
(d) Dried up and mean.

4. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?
(a) It is covered in scars.
(b) It is proud beneath his shirt.
(c) It is milky white.
(d) It is black and smooth.

5. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To teach others to read and write.
(b) To free his son.
(c) To marry the woman he loved.
(d) To free his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?

2. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?

3. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?

4. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?

5. What substance does Sarny equate the color of her skin with in Chapter 3?

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