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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He lets the dogs attack her.
(b) He shoots her.
(c) He hangs her on the spring house.
(d) He hangs her.

2. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?
(a) In a pit by the slave quarters.
(b) In a stone pen by the horse barn.
(c) Inside the white house.
(d) In a metal pen by the cotton fields.

3. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) To the door of the sleeping quarters.
(b) To the train station in town.
(c) The other end of the cotton fields.
(d) Halfway to Pennsylvania.

4. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?
(a) Denim.
(b) Canvas.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Suede.

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Vestibule.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Chattel.
(d) Shackle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

2. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?

3. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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