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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Denmark's wife that helped Charlotte escape?
(a) Anna.
(b) Susan.
(c) Christine.
(d) Mary.

3. What word from the novel refers to a club carried by a police officer?
(a) Swing blade.
(b) Truncheon.
(c) Manacle.
(d) Clavicle.

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

5. What is the name of the man who has lost his list of slaves to assist in the revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Willis.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Monday.

6. Who among Sarah's siblings are now left at home that are unmarried or not in school in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Anna, Mary, and Nina.
(b) Peter, Paul, and Charles.
(c) James, Philip, and Nina.
(d) Charles, Henry, and Nina.

7. Denmark Vesey explains the numbers from Mauma's quilt by telling Handful they represent what in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) His winning lottery numbers.
(b) The numbers that were branded on him when he became a slave.
(c) The year Mauma would be freed.
(d) The year he wanted to marry Mauma.

8. 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) Quakers.
(d) British royalty.

9. How old is Israel's daughter Becky during Sarah's visit to Israel's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

10. What is the name of the establishment where Sarah and her father stay in New Jersey in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) The Captain's Tavern.
(b) The Fish Tavern.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) Mrs. Smith's Rooming House.

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

12. What is the name of the black church that is attended by freed blacks and slaves in Charleston in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) The Third Presbyterian Church.
(b) The First Baptist Church of Charlotte.
(c) The African Methodist Episcopal Church.
(d) Saint Philip’s Episcopal Church.

13. What word from Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822 refers to a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work?
(a) Petraglyph.
(b) Monolith.
(c) Hieroglyph.
(d) Megalith.

14. What is the name of Israel Morris's estate that Sarah visits in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Green Gables.
(b) White Rock.
(c) Green Hill.
(d) Twin Pines.

15. On what date does Mr. Grimke die?
(a) September 12, 1820.
(b) June 1, 1820.
(c) July 17, 1819.
(d) August 9, 1819.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Whose journal does Israel Morris give to Sarah to read in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

4. What illness does Israel Morris's wife die from in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

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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