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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?
(a) That slaves be forbidden from attending church.
(b) That escaped slaves must be returned to their master.
(c) That the child of a slave was a slave.
(d) That slaves were forbidden from reading and writing.

3. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To spend it.
(b) To hide it.
(c) To give it to her.
(d) To give it to the master.

4. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Alaine.
(b) Alice.
(c) Old Delie.
(d) Margaret.

5. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?
(a) The events in the story are loosely based on events that occurred in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1861.
(b) The events in the story are purely from the imagination of the author and not based on any historical people.
(c) The events are true except for variation in time and character identification.
(d) The events in the story are satirical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?

2. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?

3. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?

4. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?

5. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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