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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 can Harriet hear in her hiding place at Gran's house?

2. What is a pattyroller?

3. Who is the maid at Widow Blount's house who becomes nosy and tries to find Harriet?

4. Where is Mary Matilda Norcom attending school?

5. What is Samuel Sawyer's baby named?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harriet's Uncle Joseph?

2. Where does Harriet stay right after she escapes from Auburn, and how does she learn that there is a reward for her return?

3. What choice does Harriet make regarding Dr. Norcom's proposition?

4. How does the cholera and smallpox epidemic of 1836-1837 impact Harriet and her family?

5. What does Harriet hope Mr. Sawyer will do for her children and does it seem as if he is going to do it?

6. Why does Mr. Sawyer take John to Washington, D.C.?

7. Who is Uncle Stephen and what is presumed about him?

8. Why do Harriet's children remain with her grandmother when she goes to Auburn?

9. Why is Harriet moved from Mrs. Blount's house, and where does she go?

10. When does Harriet begin writing to her Uncle Joseph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Mary E. Lyons' use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Harriet's grandmother, Molly Horniblow. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Harriet learns from Gran? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Harriet always recall about her experiences during her time with her grandmother?

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