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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what class of Charleston's society does the Grimke family belong?
(a) Trade class.
(b) Planter class.
(c) Merchant class.
(d) Political class.

2. What term from the novel refers to the act, fact, or process of bringing under control or enslaving?
(a) Discouragement.
(b) Integration.
(c) Subjugation.
(d) Embellishment.

3. How many of the remaining eleven slaves are to be sold or dispersed, according to Mr. Grimke's will in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. Who did the jewelry item belong to previously that Becky gives to Sarah to wear in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Nina.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Christine.

5. Whose journal does Israel Morris give to Sarah to read in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) John Woolman's journal.
(b) Daniel Huger's journal.
(c) John Quincy Adams's journal.
(d) Burke Williams's journal.

6. Who does Handful sleep with before she commits the theft for the slave revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Shanney.
(b) Goodis.
(c) Thomas Grimke.
(d) Daniel Huger.

7. What month is it when Sarah heads back home from Philadelphia after the death of her father in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) August.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) November.

8. What word from the novel means disorder or confusion?
(a) Disarray.
(b) Construction.
(c) Irascibility.
(d) Petulance.

9. What is the name of the establishment where Sarah and her father stay in New Jersey in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) The White Horse.
(b) The Fish Tavern.
(c) Mrs. Smith's Rooming House.
(d) The Captain's Tavern.

10. What is the name of the man who has lost his list of slaves to assist in the revolt in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Monday.
(c) Willis.
(d) Sammy.

11. When Sarah returns home in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822, Nina thinks people are worrying for no reason because the rumors of a slave rebellion where turned out untrue?
(a) Edgefield.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Little Rock.

12. Where in the north do Mr. Grimke and Sarah travel in order to see a doctor in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Boston.
(b) Hartford.
(c) New Brunswick.
(d) Philadelphia.

13. What word from Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822 means gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood?
(a) Morose.
(b) Enigmatic.
(c) Industrious.
(d) Ambivalent.

14. What word from the novel refers to a club carried by a police officer?
(a) Manacle.
(b) Truncheon.
(c) Clavicle.
(d) Swing blade.

15. Nina has publicly refused to be confirmed into what church in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) The African Methodist Episcopal Church.
(b) The First Baptist Church of Charlotte.
(c) Saint Philip’s Episcopal Church.
(d) The Third Presbyterian Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Israel Morris's estate that Sarah visits in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

2. What task is Sarah given when she stays at Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

3. Denmark confesses to Handful in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820 that what happened to Charlotte?

4. Whom does Mrs. Grimke order to prepare her an elegant mourning dress after the death of her husband?

5. At the black church in Charleston, Denmark Vesey preaches about Charleston being what land all over again in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

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