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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is it after Denmark Vesey leaves town that he is captured and arrested in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) 1 day later.
(b) 2 weeks later.
(c) 4 weeks later.
(d) 4 days later.

2. Whom does Handful intend to keep safe when the slave uprising takes place in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Mr. Grimke.
(c) Nina.
(d) Mrs. Grimke.

3. Who serves as the reverend pastor at the black church that Handful begins attending in Charleston in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Robert Hayne.
(b) Morris Brown.
(c) Burke Williams.
(d) Theodore Weld.

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

5. Denmark confesses to Handful in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820 that what happened to Charlotte?
(a) She was shot and killed.
(b) She was captured by a slave catcher.
(c) She has made it across the border to Canada.
(d) She is in prison in New York.

6. What neighborhood in Philadelphia does Sarah return to after the death of her father in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Germantown.
(b) Roxborough-Manayunk.
(c) Society Hill.
(d) Olney-Oak Lane.

7. What word from Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822 refers to a modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance or rank?
(a) Flagrance.
(b) Irascibility.
(c) Humility.
(d) Illustriousness.

8. What slave is arrested after it is reported that there has been talk of an insurrection by the wharves in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Elizur Wright.
(b) Burke Williams.
(c) Robert Hayne.
(d) William Paul.

9. What does Nina have Handful remove in order to show off her injury to the women of her prayer group in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Her glove.
(b) Her petticoat.
(c) Her shoe.
(d) Her hat.

10. Where in the north do Mr. Grimke and Sarah travel in order to see a doctor in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Boston.

11. To what class of Charleston's society does the Grimke family belong?
(a) Planter class.
(b) Merchant class.
(c) Political class.
(d) Trade class.

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 Weld.
(b) Reverend Hall.
(c) Reverend Gadsden.
(d) Reverend McDowell.

13. 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) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

14. What is the name of Israel Morris's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rebecca.

15. How long has Mauma been gone from the Grimke plantation in the beginning of Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Denmark's wife that helped Charlotte escape?

2. On what date does Mr. Grimke die?

3. What does Handful volunteer to steal from the City Arsenal in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

4. Who does Handful sleep with before she commits the theft for the slave revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

5. Handful explains in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820 that when slaves are to be sold, the first thing they are told to do is what?

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