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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harriet tell Madison and Eston all the children in their family will do when their time comes?
(a) Get married.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Leave.
(d) Confront Jefferson.

2. What does Harriet say is a gift not to be thrown away?
(a) Love.
(b) Education.
(c) Health.
(d) Freedom.

3. What recipes does Harriet request from Mammy Ursula to take with her?
(a) Mammy's cures.
(b) Mammy's roasted turkey.
(c) Mammy's apple pie.
(d) Mammy's perfumes.

4. What surprises Harriet's fiance about the way she addresses Jefferson?
(a) She calls him Father.
(b) She calls him Thomas.
(c) She calls him Master.
(d) She calls him Mr. Jefferson.

5. According to Harriet, how much food does a sheep require?
(a) Only as much as it will eat.
(b) Two buckets of grain.
(c) One bale of hay.
(d) One fifth the amount a cow does.

6. What does Harriet try unsuccessfully to talk Beverly into in May 15, 1822?
(a) Telling Jefferson he is leaving.
(b) Coming to visit her after she leaves.
(c) Saying goodbye to Mammy.
(d) Taking her journal with him.

7. In July 1820, who does Harriet remind that it is hard to be a freed slave?
(a) Beverly.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Mammy Ursula.
(d) Sally.

8. In October 1820, what does Harriet say kept her too busy to write in her journal?
(a) Jefferson's demands on her time.
(b) Sally's many chores for her.
(c) Her letters to Thad.
(d) Her studies.

9. In Early July 1820, where does Harriet find her brothers?
(a) In the raspberry bushes.
(b) In the yard.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the carpenter's shed.

10. What is Sally sitting on in the cellar when Harriet finds her in May 15, 1822?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) The steps.
(c) The floor.
(d) A wine barrel.

11. What is in the gunnysack that Beverly gives Harriet?
(a) Books.
(b) A bottle of French claret.
(c) His journals.
(d) Apples.

12. What is the name of the inn Harriet will travel to?
(a) Gordon's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) King Henry's.
(d) Three Horse Post.

13. What does Mammy Ursula warn Harriet to be careful of before she leaves?
(a) Bad omens.
(b) Black people.
(c) Losing her identity.
(d) Letting the truth slip.

14. Why is Harriet sad when she sees the slip of paper from Beverly on her bed?
(a) It says she should forget all about him.
(b) It means Beverly will not leave.
(c) She knows Beverly is leaving.
(d) She can't read it.

15. In That Same Day, what does Harriet promise her fiance she will do?
(a) Answer his letters.
(b) Love him forever.
(c) Stay at the plantation until he comes for her.
(d) Never speak of him to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harriet determined to do after Beverly leaves?

2. What is the name of Harriet's fiance?

3. What do Harriet, Eston, and Madison do together while she tells them about accepting her freedom?

4. What does Sally say will eat Beverly up if he stays at Monticello?

5. In July 1820, what does Harriet say she doesn't want to be sold like when Jefferson dies?

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