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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What substance does Sarny equate the color of her skin with in Chapter 3?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Sassafras tea.
(c) Brown sugar.
(d) Coffee.

3. Sarny says of Mammy in Chapter 2, "She swore they could hear like cats up to the big house..." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

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

5. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Whiskey to drink.
(b) Tobacco to put on her wounds.
(c) Clothing to cover herself.
(d) Water to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes Sarny's dread and anxiety to escalate in Chapter 7?

2. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?

3. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?

4. The chapter entitled "Words" acts in what capacity in the novel's structure?

5. How long does Mammy suggest that John wait before running in order to heal in Chapter 6?

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