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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much money does Mrs. Waller say that her husband just spent on a new hand in Chapter 2?
(a) About $10,000.
(b) Under $100.
(c) About $500.
(d) Over $1,000.

4. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

4. Where are the flower beds described that Sarny tends from time to time in Chapter 1?

5. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?

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