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

2. What does Sally remind Harriet to do when she sees Randolph in April 1820?
(a) Keep her mouth shut.
(b) Mind her manners.
(c) Not to look directly at him.
(d) Curtsy.

3. What function does Sally Hemings perform on the plantation?
(a) She is a field slave.
(b) She is Jefferson's wardrobe mistress.
(c) She is a maid.
(d) She is the cook.

4. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?
(a) Why she wasn't free.
(b) Why he made animals in so many shapes, sizes, and colors.
(c) If there were there any black angels.
(d) Why her siblings had died.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Randolph believe should happen to all slaves?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author hint in the December 1819 section that Sally has a special relationship with Jefferson?

3. Why is Harriet upset when she finds clothes in Sally's room that Sally is making for her?

4. In April 1820, why does Harriet say she's afraid to accept her freedom?

5. What important point does Randolph give Harriet to consider during April 1820?

6. What is the most shocking part of Randolph's plan to protect Harriet?

7. Why does Bankhead become angry at Randolph after he attacks Harriet?

8. What is Mammy Ursula's job on the plantation?

9. In April 1820, what does Harriet reveal that she and her siblings have at the plantation that even the legitimate children of Jefferson do not have?

10. If Harriet chooses to stay at the plantation, what will the overseer force her to do and why?

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