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

2. Whom does Mrs. Grimke order to prepare her an elegant mourning dress after the death of her husband?
(a) Binah.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Handful.

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

4. 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) Arkansas.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

5. 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) Freed slaves.
(b) British royalty.
(c) Quakers.
(d) Baptists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Handful been injured during her incarceration in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

2. What word from the novel refers to a club carried by a police officer?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What term from the novel refers to the act, fact, or process of bringing under control or enslaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Handful's first experiences at the black church described in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

2. What causes Mrs. Grimke to beat Handful after Nina's prayer meeting in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

3. How is the situation at the Grimke estate described while Sarah is staying at Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

4. What leads to Nina and Sarah's confrontation with the police in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

5. Who is the Quaker that Sarah meets on her return to Charleston in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820? What are her impressions of this individual?

6. Who does Handful see before her mission for the revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822? Is Handful successful in the mission?

7. How long has Mauma been gone from the Grimke estate in the beginning of Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820? How does Handful regard her mother's absence?

8. Why is the congregation of the black church arrested in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820? Where are they taken?

9. What has Nina publicly refused to do in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

10. How does Handful learn about the black church in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820? How is this church described?

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