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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. While she sits in the kitchen, who tells Harriet that she will most likely be sold when Jefferson dies if she remains at Monticello?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Bankhead.
(c) Sally.
(d) Jefferson.

2. What is the name of the slave who has been telling everyone that he is going to marry Harriet?
(a) Madison.
(b) Davie.
(c) Sam.
(d) Thruston.

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

4. Where does Jefferson wait to meet Harriet in The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) Under the seven day clock.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Mammy Ursula's cabin.

5. What choice of Harriet's does Jefferson say is a good one in their first conversation after the attack by Bankhead?
(a) Staying at Monticello.
(b) Passing as white.
(c) Marrying Thruston.
(d) Running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Randolph, what would it be like for Harriet to live as a free black woman?

2. In The Third Week of May 1820, what is it that Sally wants her children to take every one of that they can?

3. Harriet cries so hard in Sally's room that she does what?

4. What is Harriet afraid Beverly may never do?

5. What event could create a difficult future for Harriet, according to Randolph in April 1820?

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