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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Week of May 1820.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose offer to take the tea tray to Jefferson in December 1819 does Harriet refuse?
(a) Burwell.
(b) Mammy Ursula.
(c) Eston.
(d) Beverly.

3. In the story, Harriet recalls that Sally told her once about ___________, who rode up the mountain while Jefferson stayed and ate his breakfast.
(a) The British.
(b) Bankhead.
(c) Randolph.
(d) The Confederate soldiers.

4. In December 1819, what are Harriet's brothers doing that makes them unable to help Harriet take the tea tray up to Jefferson?
(a) Eating breakfast.
(b) Sweeping snow.
(c) Working in the field.
(d) Polishing the silver.

5. After Harriet is attacked, who does Randolph send to get Sally?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Martha.
(c) Bankhead.
(d) Burwell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harriet is the _______ living child of Sally.

3. What does Jefferson promise to show Harriet one day in the April 1820 section?

4. Who brings up the idea that Harriet should pass as white?

5. What do many people say about Randolph?

(see the answer key)

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