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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

2. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Gathering eggs.
(b) Yard work.
(c) Helping with the young ones.
(d) Field work.

3. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 16th century.
(b) The 18th century.
(c) The 15th century.
(d) The 17th century.

4. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?

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

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

4. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

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

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