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Julius LesterA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What happened to the Butler girls’ mother?
2. What happened to the auctioneer George Weems after the auction?
3. What reason does Pierce give for not leaving his daughter Sarah at home?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why is Mattie taken aback by Pierce Butler’s decision to take his daughters to the auction?
2. Why does the auctioneer George Weems suggest that Pierce Butler “doesn’t deserve to own slaves”?
3. Why does Frances begin to act so callously the day her father takes her to the auction?
Paired Resource
“To Nurture” from NMAAHC’s searchable museum
“Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler” from PBS’s Resource Bank for Africans in America
“William Dunsinberre on the Weeping Time” from PBS’s Resource Bank for Africans in America
By Julius Lester