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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Mammy Ursula work in the fields?
(a) She doesn't know how.
(b) She is too old.
(c) She is the plantation's cook.
(d) Jefferson asked her not to.

2. What does the homemade concoction that Sally gives Harriet to cure her ills cause Harriet to do in The Middle of May 1820?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Become drunk.
(c) Fall asleep.
(d) Giggle uncontrollably.

3. What one thing does Harriet want to know about Jefferson?
(a) If Jefferson is really keeping a Farm Book.
(b) If he is her father.
(c) If he will sell his slaves.
(d) If he will free his slaves.

4. When Harriet was a small child, what did she ask her mother to ask God to do if he came while she was out?
(a) Give her a puppy.
(b) Wait.
(c) Bless her family.
(d) Make her free.

5. When Harriet tells Jefferson about the snow in December 1819, what does Jefferson say he will do?
(a) Ask Burwell to shovel.
(b) Buy her a new coat.
(c) Go for a walk with her.
(d) Put it in his Farm Book.

6. What does Jefferson offer to allow Harriet to use so that she can further her studies?
(a) His desk.
(b) His telescope.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His library.

7. How much time passes before Harriet has a chance to write in her journal for the first time?
(a) Four months.
(b) A day.
(c) A year.
(d) One month.

8. What does Randolph say he should have done to Bankhead long ago?
(a) Given him brandy.
(b) Asked him to dinner.
(c) Banished him from Monticello.
(d) Killed him.

9. Who does Bankhead threaten to kill?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Randolph.

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

11. What does Harriet realize in June 1820 that she cannot be on her own?
(a) Safe.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A mother.
(d) Educated.

12. In the story, Harriet recalls that Sally told her once about ___________, who rode up the mountain while Jefferson stayed and ate his breakfast.
(a) The British.
(b) Randolph.
(c) The Confederate soldiers.
(d) Bankhead.

13. Who gives Harriet a potion to help her sleep on the night she is attacked?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Sally.
(c) Thruston.
(d) Mammy Ursula.

14. According to Randolph, what would it be like for Harriet to live as a free black woman?
(a) Safe.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Dull.

15. How many of Sally's daughters died in infancy before Harriet was born?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose advice does Martha tell Harriet to follow?

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

4. Who asks Harriet if her life at Monticello is pleasant?

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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