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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?
(a) In Harriet Tubman's memory.
(b) In Sally Hemings' memory.
(c) In John Brown's memory.
(d) In Frederick Douglass's memory.

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

3. What does Sarny enjoy doing every evening after the slaves eat?
(a) Laying in bed thinking about what she's learned.
(b) Drawing pictures in the sand in the chicken shed.
(c) Playing a harmonica that she found in town.
(d) Singing songs that she learned in church.

4. What does Sarny say her last name is in Chapter 1?
(a) Waller.
(b) Smith.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Thomas.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mr. Waller's first name?

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

4. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?

5. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?

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