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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first recognized organization for abolitionists in the United States?
(a) The American Anti-Slavery Society.
(b) The Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
(c) The New York Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
(d) The Massachusetts Society for the Abolition of Slavery.

2. What is the name of the slave that serves as butler to the Grimke family in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) Elizur.
(b) Israel Morris.
(c) Tomke.
(d) William Paul.

3. What is Handful's real name in the novel?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Angela Grimke.
(c) Hetty Grimke.
(d) Hannah Smith.

4. How old is Sarah Grimke when she is allowed to venture out of the nursery and is given a waiting maid in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

5. How much of every dollar that Mauma earns as a hired-out slave does Mrs. Grimke get to retain in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) 20 cents.
(c) 80 cents.
(d) 60 cents.

6. Who has discovered that Burke Williams has other fiancees and confronts him about it in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) Tomke.
(b) Reverend William McDowell.
(c) Thomas Grimke.
(d) Daniel Huger.

7. What is Mauma's full name in the novel?
(a) Lucretia Grimke.
(b) Charlotte Grimke.
(c) Sarah Grimke.
(d) Theodora Smith.

8. What does Sarah throw from her window to Burke Williams when he departs from his first visit in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) A letter.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A rose.

9. Where does Handful find in the pieces of her mother's story quilt in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) In the attic of the Grimke home.
(b) Under her mother's bed.
(c) In her mother's trunk.
(d) In a waste bin.

10. How old is Mr. Grimke when he faces trial and impeachment in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) 63.
(b) 49.
(c) 59.
(d) 72.

11. Sarah Grimke’s father is a veteran of what war?
(a) The American Revolutionary War.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) The Spanish-American War.
(d) The American Civil War.

12. Burke Williams comes from a wealthy family that owns what kind of business?
(a) A clothing shop.
(b) A silver shop.
(c) A butcher store.
(d) A bakery.

13. What condition did Sarah Grimke develop as a result of her terror at witnessing her mother beating a slave during her childhood?
(a) She developed clinical depression.
(b) She developed epilepsy.
(c) She developed asthma.
(d) She developed a stutter.

14. When did the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves take effect?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1813.

15. What color is the bolt of silk cloth that goes missing before Easter in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) Emerald green.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Royal blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812 as a free black man that owns three slaves?

2. Why is Charlotte arrested in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

3. Who defends Mr. Grimke when he faces trial and impeachment in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

4. Where do the Grimkes place an ad searching for Charlotte after her disappearance in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

5. What is the slave called that has been with Mrs. Grimke since childhood and is one of the most senior slaves in the Grimke household, in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

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