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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 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.

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

3. Why does Sarny say the slaves all know not to run in Chapter 4?
(a) Because nobody ever gets away.
(b) Because there is nowhere to run to.
(c) Because it is wrong.
(d) Because they love the master.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first word that Sarny learns to write in Chapter 5?

2. What does Mammy assert that reading and writing will bring for the slaves in Chapter 4?

3. What food item does Sarny bring to Mammy while she's strung up at the spring house in Chapter 5?

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

5. What did the master do to Pawley for punishment after he was caught?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Pawley die, according to the story related from Sarny in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

6. What leads up to Alice being being whipped by Waller in Chapter 4? How is her whipping described?

7. Why do you think it is important for John to teach the slaves to read and write as opposed to teaching them other information?

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

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

10. How does Sarny describe the first day of John's recovery in Chapter 6?

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