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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
2. Where does Waller spend the day while Mammy is shackled to the spring house in Chapter 5?
3. What is the last letter that John introduces Sarny to in Chapter 4?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What causes Master Waller to send Old Delie to the spring house in Chapter 5?
3. How was Pawley's disappearance discovered by Waller, according to Sarny in Chapter 4? Why was Pawley off the plantation?
4. What instructions does Mammy give to Sarny while she's at the spring house in Chapter 5?
5. How does Sarny describe the first day of John's recovery in Chapter 6?
6. What is foreshadowed in Chapter 6? What does the reader expect to happen based on John's actions?
7. How does the relationship between Mammy and John change after John explains his past in Chapter 4?
8. What is foreshadowed by Alice's treatment and abuse from Waller in Chapter 4?
9. What happens after Alice's whipping in Chapter 4? How are Alice's wounds treated?
10. How does John describe his plans for escape to Mammy and Sarny in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author’s depictions of violence and sexual assault in Nightjohn. What do you think is the importance of including these details of slave existence? Would the novel be as effective without its depictions of violence and abuse? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the meaning and the value of money as seen through Sarny’s eyes in Nightjohn. What does Sarny remark about the monetary value that her mother brought for Waller? How does this perception of people as having a monetary value impact Sarny’s view of the world around her? What negative impacts might this outlook cause in a person’s self worth?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the rights, roles, and expectations of women in the 18th and 19th century American South. Examine the responsibilities and roles that a figure such as Margaret Waller would play in her household and plantation. How many “house-slaves” might a family like the Wallers have? What would have been the main contribution of the slave-master’s wife? How did these roles differ for slave women?
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