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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sarah and her father stay at a boarding house run by whom when they arrive in Philadelphia in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Baptists.
(b) Freed slaves.
(c) British royalty.
(d) Quakers.

2. What task is Sarah given when she stays at Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Maintaining the flower garden.
(b) Polishing the silver.
(c) Handling the bank records.
(d) Educating the children.

3. How many slaves has Denmark Vesey supposedly enlisted to the cause of revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) 20.
(b) 360.
(c) 200.
(d) 2,000.

4. What is the name of Mrs. Grimke's lawyer that she writes to for help getting money in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Daniel Huger.
(b) Robert Hayne.
(c) Theodore Weld.
(d) Burke Williams.

5. Who is the female minister that defends Sarah's right to stay at Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Madame Ruffin.
(b) Lucretia Mott.
(c) Mrs. Bettleman.
(d) Mrs. Alston.

6. How old is Nina when she starts a female prayer group in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) 22.
(b) 29.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

7. When Denmark Vesey sets the date for the revolt as two months away in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822, he claims to have how many names of slaves enrolled to participate?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 400.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 9,000.

8. When Nina refuses to be confirmed in her family's church, she worries that she will be sent to live at her uncle's plantation that is located where?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) North Carolina.

9. In Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822, whose house slave reports talk of an insurrection by the wharves?
(a) Robert Hayne's.
(b) Colonel John Prioleau's.
(c) Burke Williams's.
(d) Daniel Huger's.

10. Whose journal does Israel Morris give to Sarah to read in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) John Woolman's journal.
(b) John Quincy Adams's journal.
(c) Daniel Huger's journal.
(d) Burke Williams's journal.

11. What does Denmark agree to have Handful do with his list of names for the slave revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Give it over to the authorities.
(b) Sew it into a quilt.
(c) Etch it in stone.
(d) Burn it.

12. Sarah and Nina are called in for a meeting with their mother and what reverend when Nina refuses to be confirmed into the family church in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Reverend McDowell.
(b) Reverend Gadsden.
(c) Reverend Weld.
(d) Reverend Hall.

13. When Sarah returns home in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822, Nina thinks people are worrying for no reason because the rumors of a slave rebellion where turned out untrue?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Edgefield.
(d) Oxford.

14. Nina has publicly refused to be confirmed into what church in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Saint Philip’s Episcopal Church.
(b) The African Methodist Episcopal Church.
(c) The First Baptist Church of Charlotte.
(d) The Third Presbyterian Church.

15. What illness does Israel Morris's wife die from in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Emphysema.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the novel means disorder or confusion?

2. Who remains at the Grimke estate for Handful and the other slaves to serve while Sarah is gone to Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

3. What does Israel Morris tell Sarah is evil during their first meeting in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

4. Where does the doctor prescribe for Mr. Grimke to stay for the summer in order to take in the sea air in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

5. How long has Mauma been gone from the Grimke plantation in the beginning of Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

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