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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?
(a) Alaine.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Alice.
(d) Delie.

2. What does Sarny describe Mammy putting her head into in order to pray in Chapter 2?
(a) A burlap sack.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A holy veil.
(d) A cooking pot.

3. When did the U.S. Congress outlaw the importation of slaves?
(a) March 26, 1865.
(b) April 12, 1799.
(c) January 1, 1808.
(d) July 7, 1800.

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

5. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?
(a) She gave it to John.
(b) She swallowed it.
(c) She hid it in the dirt.
(d) She gave it to Mr. Waller.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

2. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?

3. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?

4. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

5. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?

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