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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1795.

2. How does Sarny describe Alice's mental state in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) She was mentally strong.
(b) She was addled in the head.
(c) She was deaf and dumb.
(d) She was quiet but had seizures.

3. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) In the white house.
(b) At church.
(c) At a party.
(d) In the fields.

4. What sound does Sarny compare John's laughter to in Chapter 3?
(a) A crow's call.
(b) A witch's cackle.
(c) Distant thunder.
(d) A lion's roar.

5. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) A new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"

2. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

3. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?

4. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?

5. What tools does Waller order one of the field hands to fetch from the blacksmith lean-to in Chapter 5?

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