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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Harriet surprised to learn that Sally knows about in The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) Beverly's plan to leave.
(b) Randolph's plan for Harriet's freedom.
(c) Jefferson's decision not to punish Harriet.
(d) Harriet being in her secret room.

2. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?
(a) The fields.
(b) Sally's secret room.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mammy Ursula's cabin.

3. What must Harriet do within one year of being freed?
(a) Have a child.
(b) Leave Virginia.
(c) Get married.
(d) Pay her master back.

4. How does Martha feel about the assignment her father gives her?
(a) Not thrilled.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Angry.
(d) Ecstatic.

5. In May 1820, Two Days Later, why does Sally wake Harriet?
(a) Martha wants to speak with her.
(b) Randolph is asking about her.
(c) Bankhead wants to apologize.
(d) She has chores to do.

6. What does the homemade concoction that Sally gives Harriet to cure her ills cause Harriet to do in The Middle of May 1820?
(a) Fall asleep.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Giggle uncontrollably.
(d) Become drunk.

7. Who is married and doing well according to Sally in The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sally's sister.
(c) Harriet's older sister.
(d) Thad.

8. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?
(a) If there were there any black angels.
(b) Why she wasn't free.
(c) Why he made animals in so many shapes, sizes, and colors.
(d) Why her siblings had died.

9. In December 1819, what are Harriet's brothers doing that makes them unable to help Harriet take the tea tray up to Jefferson?
(a) Eating breakfast.
(b) Sweeping snow.
(c) Working in the field.
(d) Polishing the silver.

10. In The Middle of May 1820, what does Harriet tell Thruston she'll have whether she leaves the plantation or not?
(a) Acknowledgment of being Jefferson's daughter.
(b) Happiness.
(c) True love.
(d) Her freedom.

11. What do many people say about Randolph?
(a) He is a drunk.
(b) He is an excellent politician.
(c) He is Harriet's father.
(d) He is crazy.

12. According to Randolph, what would it be like for Harriet to live as a free black woman?
(a) Safe.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Dull.

13. In April 1820, after speaking with Mammy Ursula, how long is it before Harriet gets a chance to look for Sally's secret room?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One day.
(d) Two weeks.

14. Who or what does Harriet feel she will be turning her back on by following Randolph's plan for her freedom?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Her African heritage.
(d) Thad.

15. In the story, Harriet recalls that Sally told her once about ___________, who rode up the mountain while Jefferson stayed and ate his breakfast.
(a) The British.
(b) Bankhead.
(c) Randolph.
(d) The Confederate soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In April 1820, what does Jefferson ask Harriet to give careful consideration to?

2. In April 1820, what is Jefferson's reaction when Harriet swears she didn't look at his stuff?

3. Where does Mammy Ursula tell Harriet to go to see the clothing that is being made for her?

4. Where does Jefferson wait to meet Harriet in The Third Week of May 1820?

5. When Harriet asks Jefferson if he will include Sally in his autobiography, how does Jefferson respond?

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