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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1825-1833.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Norcoms give Harriet and John for Christmas?
(a) A book.
(b) Their freedom.
(c) An orange.
(d) Some biscuits.

2. What is placed on Miss Horniblow's eyelids after she dies?
(a) Sea shells.
(b) Silver dollars.
(c) Tiny stones.
(d) Jar lids.

3. Who is Harriet's owner?
(a) Mable Hawthorne.
(b) Mary Husted.
(c) Margaret Horniblow.
(d) Marjorie Hemings.

4. What is the town where the Norcom family lives?
(a) Edenton.
(b) Eden.
(c) Ellenton.
(d) Ellsburg.

5. What does Dr. Norcom do when he learns that Harriet has had another child?
(a) He demands that she give the child his last name.
(b) He cuts her hair very short.
(c) He sells the child.
(d) He sells her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to buy Harriet's freedom and marry her?

2. Who is the Norcom boy with whom John has been fighting?

3. Who is the man who led the slave uprising in August of 1831?

4. Which one of Gran's friends dies of Rheumatic Fever?

5. Who approaches Harriet with inappropriate advances?

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