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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harriet do for the first time at Hayes plantation?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Sews in a quilting bee.
(c) Presses apple cider.
(d) Goes to a dance.

2. Harriet's owner gives her a book filled with ____________________.
(a) Numbers and lists.
(b) Family tree.
(c) Addresses.
(d) Recipes.

3. What color is the leather on the book given to Harriet by her owner?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. What ruling was in effect in Chowan County where Harriet lives after the slave revolt?
(a) No more slave marriages will be allowed.
(b) No slave is allowed to ride a horse.
(c) No slaves can visit between plantations.
(d) No more slave church services will be allowed.

5. What has Gran been teaching Harriet to make?
(a) Pecan cake.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Dumplings.
(d) Cornbrad.

6. Who is Aunt Betty's husband?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Gerard.
(d) Paul.

7. What does the man in #41 ask of Harriet?
(a) To become his lover.
(b) To bake a special cake.
(c) To look after his daughter.
(d) To pick cherries for his wife.

8. Harriet tells R that _____________________ is one of the meanest slaveholders in the county.
(a) Jeremy Colton.
(b) John Crabill.
(c) James Canfield.
(d) Josiah Coffield.

9. Who approaches Harriet with inappropriate advances?
(a) Dr. Norcum.
(b) Mr. Kagey.
(c) Dr. Johnson.
(d) Mr. Beaulieu.

10. What do the white people find when they search Gran's house?
(a) Poems sent to Harriet by a friend.
(b) Whiskey bottles.
(c) Table linens made in Belgium.
(d) Letters from freed slaves in the North.

11. What structure did the whites tear down in the slave revolt?
(a) A barn.
(b) The courthouse.
(c) The general store.
(d) The slave church.

12. Gran was given her freedom in Missus Elizabeth's will but does not leave because ______________________.
(a) She doesn't have any money.
(b) She is afraid to leave the life she knows.
(c) She thinks she will be whipped for being a runaway.
(d) Dr. Norcom wants to sell her.

13. What nickname does Harriet have for Dr. Norcom?
(a) The General.
(b) Dr. Nevercom.
(c) Dr. Devil.
(d) Pickle Face.

14. Who does Gran ask for help when Harriet tells her about Dr. Norcom's advances?
(a) Samuel Sawyer.
(b) James Sawyer.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Adam Sawyer.

15. What happy event occurs in Harriet's family?
(a) Harriet has a baby.
(b) Gran is given her freedom.
(c) James gets married.
(d) Gran turns 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is placed on Miss Horniblow's eyelids after she dies?

2. By what initial does Harriet call her new beau?

3. What is Harriet's father's skill?

4. Where had R gone because he heard there was land to be had?

5. What does Dr. Norcom say he is going to do if she doesn't give in to his advances?

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