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

2. After the attack, what does Jefferson do to Bankhead?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Banishes him from Monticello for the summer.
(c) Hits him.
(d) Has him arrested.

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

4. Over the days that follow Bankhead's attack on Harriet, who does Harriet stay close to?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Thruston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders Burwell to keep the brandy from Bankhead?

2. Who tells Harriet that she should take her freedom, if not for herself, then for all the slaves who will never get the chance?

3. How does Randolph plan to protect Harriet while she stays at Monticello?

4. In April 1820, what is Jefferson's reaction when Harriet swears she didn't look at his stuff?

5. What does Sally remind Harriet to do when she sees Randolph in April 1820?

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