Nightjohn Chapter 5

First word Sarny learned

• bad
• bag
• cat
• dog

Who caught Sarny writing in the dirt?

• Delie
• Waller
• John
• Pawley

Who did Sarny run to after escaping Waller?

• John
• Alice
• Jim
• Delie

Who did Sarny run to after escaping Waller?

• John
• Alice
• Jim
• Delie

Who did Waller have shackled to the spring house wall?

• Delie
• Jim
• Sarny
• Pawley

Why did Delie know she wouldn't get whipped until the evening?

• Its cooler in the evening
• The slaves work day would be over then
• You couldn't whip in the day time

Who took care of the young ones while Delie was chained up?

• John
• Sarny
• Alice
• Jim

Why did Delie not eat the cornbread that Sarny gave her?

• She wasn't hungry
• She didn't like cornbread
• She didn't want to throw it up
• She had no water to go with it

What was Delie forced to do?

• work as a fieldhand
• carry a heavy weight 
• whip Sarny
• pull the buggy

According to the law, this was the punishment for knowing letters.

• whipping
• going without food
• removal of an extremity
• being sold away