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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What derogatory name does John refer to Master Waller as when Sarny tells him about Mammy in Chapter 5?
(a) Horse's ass.
(b) Cracker.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Ogre.

3. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her at the spring house when the master and others aren't looking in Chapter 5?
(a) Food.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) Water.

4. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Rage.
(c) Hope.
(d) Humiliation.

5. What does John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?
(a) An axe.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A piece of rawhide.
(d) The horse carriage.

6. What word from Chapter 6 means to limp?
(a) Hobble.
(b) Enchant.
(c) Scribble.
(d) Bramble.

7. How far does Sarny say Alice made it before she was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) The other end of the cotton fields.
(b) To the train station in town.
(c) Halfway to Pennsylvania.
(d) To the door of the sleeping quarters.

8. 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.

9. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?
(a) She calls the other slaves to watch.
(b) She runs and tells Mr. Waller.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She hits him over the head.

10. What does Master Waller do when he finds Alice after she's run in Chapter 4?
(a) He hangs her.
(b) He shoots her.
(c) He lets the dogs attack her.
(d) He hangs her on the spring house.

11. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?
(a) A bowl of oatmeal.
(b) A piece of cornbread.
(c) A potato.
(d) A piece of bacon.

12. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?
(a) D.
(b) C.
(c) B.
(d) F.

13. What description best describes the relationship between Sarny and John in the novel?
(a) Mother/son.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Brother/sister.
(d) Father/daughter.

14. Sarny compares the sound of "the north" to listening to what sounds in Chapter 4?
(a) Wolves and dogs howling.
(b) Distant thunder at night.
(c) Cars and train whistles.
(d) Birds singing or wind in the trees.

15. Where does John say he was when he was caught in Chapter 4?
(a) Hiding in a cotton field.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality stands out the most in John's character?

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a noisy or disorderly group or gathering?

3. What sounds does John make while enduring Waller's punishment in Chapter 5?

4. What does Master Waller order Mammy to do after he has whipped Alice at the spring house in Chapter 4?

5. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?

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