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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. What does Randolph believe should happen to all slaves?
(a) They should be taught their places.
(b) They should remain slaves.
(c) They should be freed.
(d) They should be allowed to choose where they live.

2. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?
(a) Sally's secret room.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The fields.
(d) Mammy Ursula's cabin.

3. When Harriet was a small child, what did she ask her mother to ask God to do if he came while she was out?
(a) Bless her family.
(b) Make her free.
(c) Wait.
(d) Give her a puppy.

4. Who or what does Harriet feel she will be turning her back on by following Randolph's plan for her freedom?
(a) Her African heritage.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Thad.
(d) Monticello.

5. Harriet cries so hard in Sally's room that she does what?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Wakes Jefferson.
(c) Falls asleep.
(d) Alerts her mother to her presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jefferson doing when Harriet brings him a tea tray as the book begins?

2. What does the homemade concoction that Sally gives Harriet to cure her ills cause Harriet to do in The Middle of May 1820?

3. Who seems like a nice man, but beats his wife?

4. In April 1820, what does Jefferson ask Harriet to give careful consideration to?

5. In April 1820, after speaking with Mammy Ursula, how long is it before Harriet gets a chance to look for Sally's secret room?

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