WorksheetsNightjohn
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Doesn't count the back part of their name.
a)
John
b)
Delie
c)
Sarny
d)
Waller
2.
Found a penny
a)
John
b)
Delie
c)
Waller
d)
Sarny
3.
Carries a whip and gun
a)
John
b)
Waller
c)
Delie
d)
Alaine
4.
Sister-In-law is Alaine
a)
John
b)
Jim
c)
Thomas
d)
Waller
5.
Mother was sold away
a)
Sarny
b)
Waller
c)
Dellie
d)
John
6.
Cuts notches on sticks
a)
Delie
b)
Waller
c)
Sarny
d)
John
7.
Got caught praying once
a)
John
b)
Delie
c)
Sarny
d)
Pawley
8.
Raises the young
a)
Alaine
b)
Alice
c)
Delie
d)
Margaret
9.
Had a scarred back
a)
Delie
b)
Sarny
c)
James
d)
John
10.
Cost $1000
a)
John
b)
Delie
c)
James
d)
Pawley
11.
Made some canvas pants
a)
Alaine
b)
Margaret
c)
Delie
d)
Sarny
12.
Spent $1000
a)
Margaret
b)
Waller
c)
John
d)
Alaine
13.
Was brought in bad
a)
Alice
b)
Jim
c)
John
d)
Sarny
14.
Wanted to trade for some tobacco
a)
Delie
b)
Sarny
c)
Waller
d)
John
15.
Works in the flower bed
a)
Sarny
b)
John
c)
Waller
d)
Delie
16.
12 years old
a)
Sarny
b)
Alice
c)
Delie
d)
John
17.
The story is told from the point of view of _______________-.
a)
Delie
b)
Sarny
c)
Clel Waller
d)
Night John
18.
Why do some people on the plantation think Sarny is dumb?
a)
She is illiterate.
b)
She is quiet.
c)
She is a witch.
d)
She can't remember her mother's name.
19.
How does Sarny know how old she is?
a)
Mammy has a stick with a notch for each child.
b)
Sarny keeps track in a diary.
c)
Waller keeps track in a book.
d)
She doesn't.
20.
Why does Waller care how old the children, especially the girls, are?
a)
He wants to know when they will be ready to breed.
b)
He wants to know when they will be ready for field work.
c)
Neither a or b
d)
both a and b
21.
How does Sarny find out that NightJohn is coming?
a)
Old Delie told her
b)
NightJohn showed up because Sarny contacted him
c)
Sarny overheard the house women talking about NightJohn
d)
Waller announced to the slaves that he was buying a new field hand.
22.
How did Sarny kill the bugs on the Rose bushes?
a)
She squished them.
b)
She used bug spray.
c)
She spit tobacco juice on them.
d)
She set them on fire.
23.
How much did Waller pay for NightJohn?
a)
$100
b)
$50
c)
Over $1,000
d)
Over $2,000
24.
What did Mammy pray for?
a)
To be free
b)
Waller's death
c)
To be reunited with her family
d)
To have relief from her pains and aches
25.
Slaves were not allowed to read and write because their owners feared
a)
they would become more educated than them
b)
they would rebel
26.
Who is the author of Nightjohn?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Gary Paulsen
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Harriet Tubman
27.
How were the slaves fed?
a)
In the dinner hall in the quarters
b)
From a bowl on the ground like dogs.
c)
They stood in line outside and served food on a tin plate.
d)
From a trough like pigs
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