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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. Sarah is how much older than Handful in the novel?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) One year.

2. Who has discovered that Burke Williams has other fiancees and confronts him about it in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) Daniel Huger.
(b) Thomas Grimke.
(c) Reverend William McDowell.
(d) Tomke.

3. What was the first recognized organization for abolitionists in the United States?
(a) The New York Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
(b) The American Anti-Slavery Society.
(c) The Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
(d) The Massachusetts Society for the Abolition of Slavery.

4. Who is described in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812 as a free black man that owns three slaves?
(a) Israel Morris.
(b) Robert Smyth.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Theodore Weld.

5. What was the name of the field slave that was Handful's father?
(a) Shanney.
(b) Elizur Wright.
(c) Tomke.
(d) Robert Hayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year had all the northern states abolished slavery?

2. How many slaves does the Grimke family own in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

3. What is the slave called that has been with Mrs. Grimke since childhood and is one of the most senior slaves in the Grimke household, in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

4. How old is Sarah Grimke when she is allowed to venture out of the nursery and is given a waiting maid in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

5. How many siblings does Sarah Grimke have in the beginning of Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sarah's principle birthday present for her eleventh birthday? How does Sarah respond to this gift?

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

3. How has the friendship between Sarah and Handful evolved in the beginning of Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

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

5. What incident led to Sarah's speech impediment? What kind of speech impediment does Sarah have?

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

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

8. What is Sarah's mother's response when Sarah pleads with her regarding Handful after her eleventh birthday party?

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

10. How is the ancestry of the Grimke family described in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? What class are the Grimkes?

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