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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is awake in the sleeping quarters when John escapes in Chapter 6?
(a) John and Sarny.
(b) Mammy and John.
(c) Mammy, Sarny, and John.
(d) Alice, Sarny and John.

2. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) At church.
(b) In the fields.
(c) At a party.
(d) In the white house.

3. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because they love the master.
(b) Because nobody ever gets away.
(c) Because it is wrong.
(d) Because there is nowhere to run to.

4. What does Sarny say that the slaves call the master and mistress when they are in the slave quarters and out of hearing in Chapter 2?
(a) The kind and queen of the castle.
(b) Witches and warlocks.
(c) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(d) The perpetrator of evil.

5. What season is it when John returns in Chapter 7?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?

2. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?

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

4. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?

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

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