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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 reason is Harriet given for the possibility of being sold after Jefferson's death if she doesn't accept her freedom?
(a) She is worth a lot of money because she is light skinned.
(b) Jefferson is in debt.
(c) She has no skills.
(d) Martha doesn't like her.

2. With whom does Bankhead get angry for siding with the slaves?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Thad.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Martha.

3. What must Harriet do within one year of being freed?
(a) Get married.
(b) Pay her master back.
(c) Leave Virginia.
(d) Have a child.

4. What are Sally and Harriet doing in The Third Week of May 1820 when Sally tells Harriet that Jefferson wants to see her?
(a) Shelling peas.
(b) Mending clothing.
(c) Overseeing the bleaching of the sheets.
(d) Peeling vegetables.

5. After they argue about the dangers to Harriet in The Middle of May 1820, what does Harriet tell Thruston to do?
(a) Never speak to her again.
(b) Leave.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Tell Jefferson she won't take her freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Sally's daughters died in infancy before Harriet was born?

2. What does Mammy Ursula do at Monticello?

3. What does Harriet make Sally promise regarding the attack by Bankhead?

4. In The Middle of May 1820, why do Charles Bankhead, William Thornton, Benjamin Latrobe, and Thomas Mann Randolph come to Monticello?

5. Who knocks Bankhead to the floor after he attacks Harriet?

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