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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?
(a) Denim.
(b) Canvas.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Suede.

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

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

4. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?
(a) The spots.
(b) Womanhood.
(c) Aunt Mary.
(d) The trouble.

5. By current estimates, approximately how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 12 million.

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

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

8. What were the "funny lines" that Sarny recalls seeing on the side of a feed sack in Chapter 3?
(a) 100 lbs.
(b) GRAIN.
(c) FEED.
(d) $20.

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

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

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

12. What is foreshadowed by Sarny's story about finding the coin in the dirt in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarny's death.
(b) Sarny's marriage.
(c) Sarny's education.
(d) Sarny's eventual wealth.

13. What European country was the first to engage in the New World slave trade?
(a) Spain.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

14. What does Sarny enjoy doing every evening after the slaves eat?
(a) Drawing pictures in the sand in the chicken shed.
(b) Singing songs that she learned in church.
(c) Laying in bed thinking about what she's learned.
(d) Playing a harmonica that she found in town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a gourd used for eating or drinking?

3. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

4. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a ring or fastening of iron or wood used for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.?

5. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?

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