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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jefferson give Harriet as a gift before she leaves?

2. What do Harriet, Eston, and Madison do together while she tells them about accepting her freedom?

3. What does Mammy Ursula warn Harriet to be careful of before she leaves?

4. What is the name of the inn Harriet will travel to?

5. Who does Beverly say got him his freedom papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristic of Harriet's makes Thruston proud of her?

2. Why is Jefferson a little offended when he learns of Harriet's engagement to Thad?

3. What does Mammy Ursula say to Harriet that eases her feelings about Sally's apparent lack of concern at her leaving?

4. What is Jefferson's personal conflict regarding his attitude toward Sally and her children?

5. Why is Harriet's fiance worried that by becoming engaged to him she will be trading one master for another?

6. Why doesn't Martha like Madison?

7. When Harriet visits Mammy Ursula in That Same Day, May 17, 1822, how does Mammy Ursula respond to Harriet's revelation that she'll be leaving the plantation soon?

8. How does Harriet explain to Beverly her belief that she is not turning her back on her family and race by passing for white?

9. What does Beverly tell Harriet to prove to her that Jefferson will never acknowledge that they are his children?

10. What does Harriet finally realize when she considers that the other slave girls have only getting married and having babies in their futures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Harriet visits Mammy Ursula she is unable to tell her that she is going to pass for white. Why is it so difficult for Harriet to voice her decision, and why is it so hard for Mammy to allow her to say it?

Essay Topic 2

What is important about Jefferson's Farm Book? What does it symbolize? What role does it play in the relationship between Harriet and Jefferson? How do its contents come to affect Harriet's final decision to leave Monticello?

Essay Topic 3

Wolf by the Ears is considered a historical novel. What is a historical novel? How does this particular work fit into this genre?

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