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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 does Mammy do after John explains the reasoning behind his motives in Chapter 4?
(a) She returns to bed.
(b) She starts to cry.
(c) She calls for the master.
(d) She hits John again.

2. How many more nights does John say until he's gone when Mammy catches him teaching Sarny a new letter in Chapter 6?
(a) 4 nights.
(b) 3 nights.
(c) 2 nights.
(d) 5 nights.

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

4. What does Waller order John to do when he steps forward and confesses to teaching Sarny in Chapter 5?
(a) To step into the horse harness.
(b) To unleash the dogs.
(c) To step into the shackles on the spring house.
(d) To pick out a switch to be beaten with.

5. What is Mammy doing when Sarny runs to her as she tries to escape Waller in Chapter 5?
(a) Tending the flower bed.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Tending Alice's wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Pawley find a girl he liked, according to Sarny's story in Chapter 4?

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

3. Why does John assert that the slaves must all learn to read and write in Chapter 4?

4. What does Mammy ask John when she sees him teaching Sarny in Chapter 6?

5. What chore does Mammy tell Sarny to do while Mammy is hanging from the spring house in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is foreshadowed by Alice's treatment and abuse from Waller in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

6. What does John teach Sarny in Chapter 6? How does Mammy respond when she observes this exchange?

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

8. How does John describe his plans for escape to Mammy and Sarny in Chapter 6?

9. What is foreshadowed in Chapter 6? What does the reader expect to happen based on John's actions?

10. What causes Master Waller to send Old Delie to the spring house in Chapter 5?

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