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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Clel.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Horace.
(d) Homer.

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

3. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?
(a) Turpentine.
(b) Chemical pesticide.
(c) Bubblegum.
(d) Tobacco juice.

4. What does John call out for from the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night at the plantation in Chapter 3?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Water.
(c) Extra food.
(d) Tobacco.

5. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?
(a) The events in the story are loosely based on events that occurred in Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1861.
(b) The events in the story are satirical.
(c) The events in the story are purely from the imagination of the author and not based on any historical people.
(d) The events are true except for variation in time and character identification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?

2. What does John offer to trade with the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night in Chapter 3?

3. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?

4. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?

5. What is John's response when Sarny asks him in Chapter 3, "Why they be cutting our thumbs off if we learn to read--if that's all it is?"

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