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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. Why does Gran throw Harriet out of her house?
(a) Because she swore at her.
(b) Because she tried to run away.
(c) Because she is pregnant.
(d) Because she no longer goes to church.

2. Which of the following best describes Dr. Norcom?
(a) Empathetic.
(b) Narcissistic.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Philanthropic.

3. Who is Doctor Norcum's wife?
(a) Myra.
(b) Maria.
(c) Millie.
(d) Myrna.

4. Harriet's father can buy his freedom for ______________ dollars.
(a) 1000.
(b) 500.
(c) 300.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Norcom do when he learns that Harriet has had another child?

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

3. What had Miss Elizabeth bought with the $300 she borrowed from Gran?

4. What does Harriet hope that Miss Margaret gave her in her will?

5. Why do Harriet and her baby live with Gran?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Harriet's second child christened in the white church instead of the black church?

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

3. At the time that Harriet meets R, who else is taking an uncomfortable interest in Harriet?

4. Who is R, and where does Harriet meet him?

5. What impact does the slave uprising have on Edenton?

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

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

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

9. Why has R moved to Savannah?

10. What prevents Harriet from marrying R?

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