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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 does Harriet name her son?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Adam.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jubal.

2. What is Harriet's father's skill?
(a) Carpentry.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Singing.

3. What is placed on Miss Horniblow's eyelids after she dies?
(a) Silver dollars.
(b) Sea shells.
(c) Tiny stones.
(d) Jar lids.

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

5. Who is Harriet's father?
(a) Paul Jacobs.
(b) Ezra Jacobs.
(c) Daniel Jacobs.
(d) Miller Jacobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Harriet begin writing letters?

2. Who is the physician who attends to Harriet's owner?

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

4. What is the town where the Norcom family lives?

5. What nickname does Harriet have for Dr. Norcom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Harriet not talk to her Gran about Dr. Norcom's advances?

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

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

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

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

7. What makes life at the Norcom house a little easier to bear for Harriet?

8. Why has R moved to Savannah?

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

10. What does Harriet hope that her mother's childhood relationship with Margaret will mean for Harriet herself?

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