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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?
(a) Shackle.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Chattel.
(d) Vestibule.

2. What kind of flowers is Sarny working on in the flower bed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Crocuses.
(d) Pansies.

3. What is Mr. Waller's first name?
(a) Horace.
(b) Clel.
(c) Homer.
(d) Andrew.

4. What term refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Suffragism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Humanism.

5. What is Mrs. Waller's first name?
(a) Alaine.
(b) Delie.
(c) Alice.
(d) Margaret.

6. In what century was the Atlantic slave established?
(a) The 17th century.
(b) The 15th century.
(c) The 18th century.
(d) The 16th century.

7. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her father.
(b) The letter A.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mrs. Waller's dog.

8. What kind of work does Sarny say she is not yet old enough to do on the plantation in Chapter 1?
(a) Helping with the young ones.
(b) Yard work.
(c) Gathering eggs.
(d) Field work.

9. What is the name of Mrs. Waller's sister?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Alaine.
(c) Mary.
(d) Alice.

10. 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 perpetrator of evil.
(b) Witches and warlocks.
(c) Dog droppings or horse crap.
(d) The kind and queen of the castle.

11. What does John offer to trade with the slaves in the sleeping quarters on his first night in Chapter 3?
(a) Letters.
(b) Soup.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Songs.

12. What does Sarny say they pour down the trough in the mornings for the slaves in Chapter 3?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Buttermilk.

13. Why does mammy say Sarny's birth mother was sold in Chapter 1?
(a) She was a good cotton-picker.
(b) She was a good midwife.
(c) She was a good house maid.
(d) She was a good breeder.

14. What does John cover in his first "lesson" with Sarny in Chapter 3?
(a) The letter A.
(b) The question mark.
(c) The number 1.
(d) The period.

15. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?
(a) She is practicing witchcraft.
(b) Slaves are forbidden to pray.
(c) She is Muslim.
(d) She is worshiping African deities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

2. In Chapter 1, Sarny says that some believed she brought Nightjohn to the plantation by what manner?

3. What substance does Sarny treat the flowers with in Chapter 2?

4. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the process of preparing corn for eating?

5. 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?

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