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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Harriet afraid Beverly may never do?
(a) Grow old.
(b) Get married.
(c) Take his freedom and leave the plantation.
(d) Tell Jefferson he knows who his father is.

2. After Harriet is attacked, who does Randolph send to get Sally?
(a) Burwell.
(b) Thruston.
(c) Bankhead.
(d) Martha.

3. Why does Jefferson give Harriet a journal?
(a) He doesn't give her a journal.
(b) So he can include information about her in his autobiography.
(c) So she can improve her writing.
(d) Because it's her birthday.

4. Who brings up the idea that Harriet should pass as white?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Mammy Ursula.
(d) Jefferson.

5. Who initially orders Bankhead off of Harriet?
(a) Davie.
(b) Sally.
(c) Thruston.
(d) Jefferson.

6. What does Bankhead try to force Harriet to do?
(a) Ask Jefferson to sell her to Bankhead.
(b) Run away.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Kiss him.

7. Who places a shawl around Jefferson's shoulders when Harriet brings him a tea tray?
(a) Sally.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Burwell.
(d) Harriet.

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

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

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

11. What is Bankhead looking for when Harriet comes across him in the house?
(a) A midnight snack.
(b) A gun.
(c) Money.
(d) Brandy.

12. Where was Sally when she was offered freedom?
(a) Monticello.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

13. Whose advice does Martha tell Harriet to follow?
(a) Thruston's.
(b) Jefferson's.
(c) Martha's.
(d) Sally's.

14. Who or what does Harriet feel she will be turning her back on by following Randolph's plan for her freedom?
(a) Thad.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Her African heritage.

15. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mammy Ursula's cabin.
(c) The fields.
(d) Sally's secret room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sally when Harriet goes to look for the secret room?

2. Who gives Harriet a potion to help her sleep on the night she is attacked?

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

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

5. What causes Martha to curb her disapproval of Harriet?

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