View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to efforts toward procuring economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Eclecticism.
(c) Suffragism.
(d) Abolition.

2. What refers to the laws in each U.S. state which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters?
(a) Masterly rules.
(b) Slave codes.
(c) Penance practices.
(d) Abolition laws.

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

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

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

6. Where does Sarny say she was when she first heard about Nightjohn in Chapter 1?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the sleeping quarters.
(c) In the cotton fields.
(d) In the flower beds.

7. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?
(a) The slaves are treated like animals.
(b) The slaves are treated compassionately.
(c) The slaves are treated like kings.
(d) The slaves are treated like treasured valuables.

8. What historical figure "owned, raised, and subsequently used" the slave that the novel is dedicated to by the author?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

9. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny's experiences outside the plantation have led her to desire freedom.
(b) Sarny views life outside the plantation as harsher than life within the plantation.
(c) Sarny experienced a brutal life outside the plantation when she was bought by Mr. Waller.
(d) Sarny has no knowledge of life outside of the plantation.

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

11. What does Sarny say is forbidden in the slaves' sleeping quarters in Chapter 3?
(a) Food.
(b) Light.
(c) Beds.
(d) Water.

12. How does Sarny describe John's back when he arrives in Chapter 3?
(a) It is black and smooth.
(b) It is proud beneath his shirt.
(c) It is milky white.
(d) It is covered in scars.

13. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) The pain of betrayal.
(c) The importance of literacy.
(d) Longing and forbidden love.

14. How does Mammy notate the ages of the slave children that she raises?
(a) By scratching marks on the floor.
(b) By collecting pebbles in a jar.
(c) By putting stakes in the ground.
(d) By marking notches on sticks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?

2. How old is Sarny in Chapter 1?

3. From what device do Sarny and the other slaves eat their meals at the plantation?

4. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 533 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample