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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Martha agree to accept her father's assignment?
(a) She is excited about it.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She wants the challenge.
(d) She is afraid not to.

2. Where is the door that leads to Sally's secret room?
(a) At the foot of Jefferson's bed.
(b) In the parlor.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) At the back of Sally's cottage.

3. Living as a white woman, Harriet would have the protection of what?
(a) The law and her prospective husband.
(b) Her social circle.
(c) God.
(d) Money.

4. What does Jefferson make Harriet promise not to do In The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) Argue with Bankhead.
(b) Marry a white man.
(c) Tell the police about Bankhead.
(d) Run away like Tom.

5. What is Mammy Ursula doing when Harriet comes to visit her in April 1820, That Same Day?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Sweeping her cabin.
(c) Eating breakfast.
(d) Telling the children a story.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Martha tell Harriet she acts like even if she isn't one?

3. What are Sally and Harriet doing in The Third Week of May 1820 when Sally tells Harriet that Jefferson wants to see her?

4. Who does Bankhead threaten to kill?

5. Who discovers Harriet in the secret room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Martha complain about the Hemings family?

2. After Jefferson learns that Bankhead has attacked Harriet, how does he punish Bankhead?

3. Why is Harriet elated at the conversation she has with Jefferson after he discovers her in Sally's room?

4. What example does Harriet give to show that people are not always what they seem to be in the section called April 1820?

5. What fate does Martha wish for Bankhead?

6. What is Bankhead's view of Harriet?

7. In the section titled The Third Week of May 1820, what bothers Harriet about passing as white?

8. What does Jefferson promise Harriet in return for not telling anyone that he didn't punish her for sneaking into his rooms?

9. What features does Harriet have that make her different from the other slaves on the plantation?

10. What is Mammy Ursula's answer to Harriet when she asks why Sally didn't taker her freedom when she was in France?

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