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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 color is the bolt of silk cloth that goes missing before Easter in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) Emerald green.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Royal blue.

2. Where does the Grimke family live in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

3. Sarah Grimke’s father is a veteran of what war?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) The Spanish-American War.
(d) The American Revolutionary War.

4. Where does Burke Williams take Sarah on a chaperoned horseback ride after she returns from her family's upcountry plantation in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Sullivan's Island.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Bishop.

5. How old is Sarah when she discusses the abolition movement with her father and brothers in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) 31.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sarah's siblings tells her that he wants to be a minister instead of a lawyer when he grows older in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

2. What word from the novel refers to the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves?

3. Where do the Grimkes place an ad searching for Charlotte after her disappearance in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

4. What is Nina's full name?

5. Why is Charlotte arrested in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Grimke take his family to their upcountry estate in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? How does Sarah respond?

2. What takes place during Burke Williams' first visit to the Grimke estate in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

3. Who has Mauma begun having an affair with in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? How is this character described?

4. How does the narrator describe Sarah's appearance in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? How is Sarah regarded by her parents?

5. What leads to Mauma being allowed to be hired out in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? How much does she earn in this manner?

6. How does Sarah learn to create a manumission document in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? What happens to this document?

7. What do Handful and Nina help Sarah to prepare for in the beginning of Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? Why?

8. How are Handful's feelings about Sarah described when Handful is seventeen in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

9. What story does Handful recall in the opening of Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? Who told Handful this story?

10. What does Sarah's eleventh birthday signify? How many siblings does Sarah have? What are their names?

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