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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through That Same Day, May 17, 1822.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Randolph suggest Harriet learn before she is freed?
(a) Some common sense.
(b) To read and write.
(c) The identity of her father.
(d) Domestic and gentle arts.

2. Who does Jefferson ask Harriet if she's having a romance with in April 1820?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Bankhead.
(c) Randolph.
(d) Davie.

3. What kind of work does Harriet's fiance think he can arrange for her?
(a) Maid.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Factory worker.
(d) Cook.

4. What does Randolph say he should have done to Bankhead long ago?
(a) Asked him to dinner.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Banished him from Monticello.
(d) Given him brandy.

5. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?
(a) If there were there any black angels.
(b) Why he made animals in so many shapes, sizes, and colors.
(c) Why her siblings had died.
(d) Why she wasn't free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet say is a gift not to be thrown away?

2. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?

3. In April 1820, how does Harriet act when Randolph asks her to sit and talk to him?

4. When Harriet was a small child, what did she ask her mother to ask God to do if he came while she was out?

5. What is Harriet's response when Randolph asks her what she considers herself to be?

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