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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Waller order the field hands to do when he is finished punishing John in Chapter 5?
(a) Get some boiled water and dip it in that.
(b) Rub salt into his wounds.
(c) Get a rag and some grease on that.
(d) Carry his body to the field and bury it.

2. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?
(a) Stone.
(b) Tin.
(c) Wood.
(d) Adobe.

3. What civil liberty refers to the individual right to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend ideas?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Freedom of assembly.
(c) Right to a fair trial.
(d) Right to education.

4. 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) Dresses.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Farm supplies.
(d) A new house.

5. How long is Waller gone in during his search for John after John's escape in Chapter 7?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

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

3. How is the pit school lit when Sarny arrives with John in Chapter 7?

4. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who manages slaves on a plantation?

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