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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 does Jefferson promise to show Harriet one day in the April 1820 section?
(a) His family Bible.
(b) The Farm Books.
(c) His journal.
(d) His seed closet.

2. What do many people say about Randolph?
(a) He is an excellent politician.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He is a drunk.
(d) He is Harriet's father.

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

4. Who was Harriet's closest relative that was full blooded African?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her great grandmother.
(d) Her great grandfather.

5. According to Mammy Ursula, why didn't Sally take her freedom when it was offered?
(a) She was frightened.
(b) Jefferson wouldn't allow it.
(c) Sally wasn't smart enough.
(d) She was never offered freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mammy Ursula do at Monticello?

2. How much time passes between Harriet being discovered in the secret room and her next journal entry?

3. What does Randolph believe should happen to all slaves?

4. What one thing does Harriet want to know about Jefferson?

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

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