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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 1820, Two Days Later.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jefferson give Harriet a journal?
(a) So he can include information about her in his autobiography.
(b) Because it's her birthday.
(c) He doesn't give her a journal.
(d) So she can improve her writing.

2. Who brings up the idea that Harriet should pass as white?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Mammy Ursula.

3. What will the overseer force Harriet to do if she stays at Monticello?
(a) Marry another slave.
(b) Produce children.
(c) Work in the fields.
(d) Have sex with him.

4. What is Mammy Ursula doing when Harriet comes to visit her in April 1820, That Same Day?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Sweeping her cabin.
(c) Telling the children a story.
(d) Eating breakfast.

5. How much time passes between Harriet being discovered in the secret room and her next journal entry?
(a) A few hours.
(b) A year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the door that leads to Sally's secret room?

2. With whom does Bankhead get angry for siding with the slaves?

3. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?

4. Where was Sally when she was offered freedom?

5. Whose offer to take the tea tray to Jefferson in December 1819 does Harriet refuse?

(see the answer key)

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