1. In whose memory is Nightjohn dedicated by the author in the opening pages?
In Sally Hemings' memory.
2. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?
Thomas Jefferson.
3. What does the author assert about the events in the story at the opening of the novel?
The events are true except for variation in time and character identification.
4. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?
Witchery.
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