Characters
The man who is teaching Sarny to read.
Who is Nightjohn?
Why Nightjohn came back.
How do you teach other slaves?
Sarny's Knowledge of how old she is.
What is nothing?
The narrator of the book
Who is Sarny?
What Nightjohn is teaching Sarny
What is reading and writing?
What Nightjohn can do that none of the other slaves can do
What is reading and writing?
Why Clell Waller has dogs.
Why do you chase down anybody who tries to run away?
The amount of money Clell Waller spent on Nightjohn.
What is over 1000$
The slave and plantation owner
Who is Clell Waller?
Where Nightjohn takes Sarny at the end of the book
What is School?
Something that happens when slaves upset their owners
They get punished and whipped.
The word that Sarny kept writing that eventually got her caught.
What is BAG?
Sarny's caretakers name.
Who is Delie?
The reason Nightjohn's toe and foot is chopped off.
What is teaching Sarny to read and write?
The reason Delie doesn't want Sarny to learn to read and write.
What is being afraid of false hope and punishments?
The person who tried to run away.
Who is Alice?
The part of Nightjohn that was amputated.
What is a toe and a foot?
Sarny gives this to Nightjohn for payment of his knowledge that he was giving her.
What is tobacco?