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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who sends the letter that outlines Harriet's journey to Washington City?
2. What does Jefferson give Harriet in October 1821?
3. Who does Beverly say wasn't at Monticello when Harriet and Beverly were conceived?
4. What does Mammy Ursula warn Harriet to be careful of before she leaves?
5. Why does Mammy Ursula say Washington City will be a good place for Harriet?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Harriet explain to Beverly her belief that she is not turning her back on her family and race by passing for white?
2. In October of 1821, why is Harriet spending her free time walking around the plantation?
3. What is Jefferson's personal conflict regarding his attitude toward Sally and her children?
4. What do Harriet and her siblings hope Sally will admit before Harriet leaves, but Sally never does?
5. What reason does Harriet give Martha for her decision to pass as white?
6. Why does Harriet's fiance say that Jefferson lies about slavery?
7. What about Jefferson's fulfilling of his promise to Sally to free her children makes Sally sad?
8. What does Harriet finally realize when she considers that the other slave girls have only getting married and having babies in their futures?
9. Why is it clear that Peter Carr is not Harriet's or Beverly's father?
10. Why is Jefferson a little offended when he learns of Harriet's engagement to Thad?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Name and discuss three instances of foreshadowing in Wolf by the Ears. What are the events that occur and what future actions do they foreshadow?
Essay Topic 2
How is the education of slaves represented in this book? Are there conflicting messages? What do these conflicting messages mean? Do they stand for viewpoints present in Jefferson's time? If so, what are the viewpoints?
Essay Topic 3
Slavery is painted in a fairly rosy light in Wolf by the Ears. Yet, we know that this was not the norm. Why do you think the author glosses over the grittier aspects of slavery? What purpose does this serve in terms of the novel? If slaves had been treated poorly at Monticello, how might Harriet's journey toward freedom have been different?
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