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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She told Waller.
(c) She smacked her.
(d) She praised her.

2. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Kneel and look away.
(b) Stand and watch.
(c) Plow the fields.
(d) Pray.

3. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?
(a) How to count.
(b) How to be quiet.
(c) The rules of grammar.
(d) The alphabet.

4. What does Mammy respond when John flirts with her in Chapter 6?
(a) I'm old enough to be your mother.
(b) I'm young enough to be your daughter.
(c) I don't have nothing to do with whites.
(d) I don't got no interest in learning.

5. Who were the people that captured John after he'd fled?
(a) Bounty hunters.
(b) Country lawmen.
(c) Bear hunters.
(d) Cotton traders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question does Sarny always ask about the letters of the alphabet when John introduces them to her?

3. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?

4. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?

5. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?

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