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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?
(a) In the back garden of the slave quarters.
(b) By the roadside under the elm tree.
(c) Below the big window on the white house.
(d) In the front entrance to the slave quarters.

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

3. 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?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1794.

4. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?
(a) From a trough.
(b) From a grill.
(c) From a cauldron.
(d) From a long table.

5. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?
(a) Aunt Mary.
(b) Womanhood.
(c) The trouble.
(d) The spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?

2. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?

3. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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