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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. What does Jefferson tell Harriet he doesn't have the strength to do?
(a) Fight another war.
(b) Lose Sally.
(c) Go on living.
(d) See Harriet go.

2. Who does Martha wish would drink himself to death?
(a) Beverly.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Bankhead.
(d) Jefferson.

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

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

5. How has Randolph always behaved toward Harriet?
(a) He is polite and kind to her.
(b) He flirts with her.
(c) He completely ignores her.
(d) He belittles her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Mammy Ursula, why didn't Sally take her freedom when it was offered?

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

4. How does Mammy Ursula suggest Harriet find out about her father?

5. What is Mammy Ursula doing when Harriet comes to visit her in April 1820, That Same Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What answer does Harriet give Randolph when he asks her what she considers herself to be?

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

3. When Harriet speaks to Jefferson for the first time after Bankhead attacks her, why does she feel surprised and grateful?

4. What happens in December 1819 that shows Harriet is more important than the other slaves?

5. At the beginning of the book, how is it shown that Jefferson is a private man?

6. Why is it unusual that Harriet, a slave, is allowed to use Jefferson's library?

7. Why does Martha complain about the Hemings family?

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

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

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

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