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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sarny make of John's departing statement in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) She believes he is joking.
(b) She believes he is just being hopeful.
(c) She believes he is lying.
(d) She believes he is telling the truth.

3. How long does Sarny say it took Waller and his dogs to catch Jim when he ran in Chapter 4?
(a) A day and a half.
(b) Two days.
(c) Half a day.
(d) Three days.

4. 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) Talk back to the master.
(d) Eat solid food.

5. What is the name of the field hand who assists in holding down John for his punishment in Chapter 5?
(a) Tom.
(b) Robe.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Jerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures does Mammy remark upon when Sarny runs to her at the spring house in Chapter 5?

2. What does John do on the first night after his punishment from Waller in Chapter 6?

3. What word from Chapter 6 means to limp?

4. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?

5. Where on the plantation does Waller keep his dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarny describe the circumstances of the slaves in the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. How does the relationship between Mammy and John change after John explains his past in Chapter 4?

3. What happens after Alice's whipping in Chapter 4? How are Alice's wounds treated?

4. How was Pawley's disappearance discovered by Waller, according to Sarny in Chapter 4? Why was Pawley off the plantation?

5. How does Master Waller punish John after he has stepped forward in Chapter 5? How does John respond to his punishment?

6. How does Waller discover that Sarny is learning to read and write in Chapter 5? How does he react?

7. Sarny describes two slaves that she has heard of that ran away from Waller's plantation in Chapter 4. What story is related of Jim's attempted escape?

8. How is John's departure described in Chapter 6? What does Sarny make of John's farewell?

9. How is Alice described in the beginning of Chapter 4? What is Sarny's relationship like with Alice?

10. How does Master Waller punish Mammy in Chapter 5? How do the other slaves respond to the abuse?

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