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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 is Harriet surprised to learn that Sally knows about in The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) Randolph's plan for Harriet's freedom.
(b) Harriet being in her secret room.
(c) Jefferson's decision not to punish Harriet.
(d) Beverly's plan to leave.

2. What does Sally tell Harriet is none of her concern in May 1820, Two Days Later?
(a) Sally's relationship with Jefferson.
(b) Bankhead's punishment.
(c) The field work.
(d) Jefferson's finances.

3. In May 1820, Two Days Later, why does Sally wake Harriet?
(a) Martha wants to speak with her.
(b) Randolph is asking about her.
(c) She has chores to do.
(d) Bankhead wants to apologize.

4. In The Middle of May 1820, why do Charles Bankhead, William Thornton, Benjamin Latrobe, and Thomas Mann Randolph come to Monticello?
(a) To plan Jefferson's campaign.
(b) To trade slaves.
(c) For dinner.
(d) To play poker.

5. How does Mammy Ursula respond when Harriet asks if Jefferson is her father?
(a) She denies it.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She refuses to speak about it.
(d) She says the evidence points that way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?

2. What must Harriet do within one year of being freed?

3. Why doesn't Mammy Ursula work in the fields?

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

5. While she sits in the kitchen, who tells Harriet that she will most likely be sold when Jefferson dies if she remains at Monticello?

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