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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarny recall Mammy telling her to do with the coin that she found in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) To give it to her.
(b) To hide it.
(c) To spend it.
(d) To give it to the master.

2. What has caused some of the leaves to fall off of the flowers that Sarny is tending in the flower garden in Chapter 2?
(a) Under-watering.
(b) Little green bugs.
(c) Over-watering.
(d) Chemical pesticides.

3. 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?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Alliteration.

4. Where does Sarny demonstrate the "letters" that she discovered on the feed sack for John in Chapter 3?
(a) She scratches it into the dirt floor.
(b) She etches it into the wooden door.
(c) She writes it with a pen and paper.
(d) She scratches it into the tree.

5. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) Longing and forbidden love.
(b) Political corruption.
(c) The pain of betrayal.
(d) The importance of literacy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?"

3. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?

4. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?

5. What does Mammy pray for when Sarny witnesses her praying in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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