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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?
(a) A prison sentence of five years.
(b) Castration.
(c) Removal of an extremity.
(d) Hanging.

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

3. When was the first Fugitive Slave Act implemented in the United States requiring all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1856.

4. 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 make breakfast.
(c) To tend to the babies.
(d) To water the flowers.

5. 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 catalogs and order things.
(c) To write novels and buy their freedom.
(d) To read and understand the Bible.

6. What must the slaves do whenever someone is punished at the spring house?
(a) Plow the fields.
(b) Stand and watch.
(c) Pray.
(d) Kneel and look away.

7. What color does Sarny describe Waller's dogs as in Chapter 4?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

8. What is the stump used for that Waller orders one of the field hands to fetch in Chapter 5?
(a) Chopping firewood.
(b) Hanging slaves.
(c) Painting the house.
(d) Chopping the heads off chickens.

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

10. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?
(a) Grief.
(b) A record of history.
(c) A path to freedom.
(d) Hope.

11. What quality stands out the most in John's character?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Greed.

12. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?
(a) He talks to Sarny about leaving.
(b) He devises a plan for the slaves to revolt.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He stares at the ceiling.

13. Sarny says in Chapter 5 that "They say if you can" do what that "you can work"?
(a) Walk to the fields.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Eat solid food.
(d) Talk back to the master.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mammy tell Sarny to fetch as John is taken to the slave quarters after his punishment in Chapter 5?

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

3. In the end of Chapter 6, Sarny says that John won't be coming back unless what happens?

4. What does Mammy do when she first sees John teaching Sarny the letters of the alphabet in Chapter 4?

5. What does John ask Sarny to fetch for him from the barn in Chapter 6?

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