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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Biblical allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

3. John tells Mammy in Chapter 6, "I don't get smarter. Just" what?
(a) Older.
(b) Wiser.
(c) Poorer.
(d) Craftier.

4. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?
(a) To write about what is being done to them.
(b) To read and understand the Bible.
(c) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(d) To read catalogs and order things.

5. How did Jim die after he attempted escape?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was killed by Waller's dogs.
(c) He bled to death after castration.
(d) He was lynched.

6. By what order does John teach Sarny to learn letters?
(a) Make the sound, then the letter.
(b) Write the letter, then write it in cursive.
(c) Write the letter, and say a word with that letter.
(d) Write the letter in upper, then lower-case.

7. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?
(a) CAT.
(b) DOG.
(c) BAG.
(d) APPLE.

8. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?
(a) To call the police.
(b) To hang a noose from the shed.
(c) To take her to the hospital.
(d) To rub salt into her wounds.

9. What does Waller order the field hands to do when he is finished punishing John in Chapter 5?
(a) Carry his body to the field and bury it.
(b) Get some boiled water and dip it in that.
(c) Get a rag and some grease on that.
(d) Rub salt into his wounds.

10. For how long does Sarny say that John is incapacitated after his punishment from Waller in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 3 nights.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 night.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) To paint the shed.
(b) To water the flowers.
(c) To make breakfast.
(d) To tend to the babies.

12. What reason does John give for returning to slavery after he'd achieved freedom in Chapter 4?
(a) To free his son.
(b) To marry the woman he loved.
(c) To teach others to read and write.
(d) To free his mother.

13. How many letters of the alphabet has Sarny learned at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. What does John say to Sarny before he leaves in Chapter 6?
(a) That he is going to kill Waller.
(b) That he wishes her a good life.
(c) That she should come with him.
(d) That he will be back.

15. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) In the fields.
(b) At a party.
(c) In the white house.
(d) At church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves are estimated to have escaped to freedom in American History?

2. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?

3. What tools does Waller order one of the field hands to fetch from the blacksmith lean-to in Chapter 5?

4. What does John use on his makeshift shoes to throw the dogs' scent off in Chapter 6?

5. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?

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