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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possession of Harriet's does Mrs. Norcom forbid her to use?
(a) Hair brush.
(b) Pen and paper.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Book.

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

3. What does Dr. Norcom say he is going to do if she doesn't give in to his advances?
(a) Make her live in the cottage.
(b) Sell her to a slave trader.
(c) Bring her back to his house.
(d) Sell her son to a slave trader.

4. Into which state can free Negroes not enter?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

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. What does Dr. Norcom threaten to do if Harriet tells anyone about his advances toward her?

2. Who approaches Harriet with inappropriate advances?

3. Who is Aunt Betty's husband?

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

5. Harriet's father can buy his freedom for ______________ dollars.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harriet's fate after the death of Margaret Horniblow?

2. What arrangements does Dr. Norcom devise in attempts to make Harriet have sex with him?

3. Why has R moved to Savannah?

4. What does Harriet tell her deceased mother about Margaret Horniblow in her first letter?

5. Which of Harriet's relatives are owned by Margaret's mother, Elizabeth, and what happens to them when Elizabeth dies?

6. What concern does Harriet express about John in a letter to her deceased father?

7. What does Harriet hope will happen by becoming Samuel Sawyer's lover, and what actually happens when she becomes pregnant?

8. What does Harriet name her baby boy, and why does she move out of the Norcom house?

9. What is the premise of "Letters From a Slave Girl"?

10. What prevents Harriet from marrying R?

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