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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) He sobs and cries.
(b) He grunts.
(c) He screams.
(d) He makes no sound.

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

4. When did Pennsylvania pass legislation to end slavery?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1885.

5. How many letters does John say the other slaves (other than Sarny) know when he begins the lessons in Chapter 7?
(a) Fifteen or so.
(b) Ten or eleven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) One or two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mammy tells John in Chapter 6, "you are born to" what?

2. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?

3. 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?

4. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?

5. "Partus sequitur ventrem" was a legal doctrine adopted widely into the laws of slavery in the American colonies. What did this law dictate?

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