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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 scratches it into the tree.
(c) She writes it with a pen and paper.
(d) She etches it into the wooden door.

2. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

3. 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?"
(a) Cause they think we're too dumb to learn.
(b) Cause they worried that we'll start talking like them.
(c) Cause to know things, for us to know things, is bad for them.
(d) Cause it says so in the Bible.

4. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?
(a) The number 1.
(b) The period.
(c) The letter A.
(d) The question mark.

5. When Sarny overhears the mistress of the plantation in Chapter 2, the mistress is complaining that her husband spends too much money buying slaves. What is she concerned that she will not have enough money to purchase due to her husband's overspending?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Farm supplies.
(c) A new house.
(d) Dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?

2. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?

3. What is Sarny doing when the master arrives with John in Chapter 3?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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