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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Israel Morris's wife?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mary.

2. What word from Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822 refers to a modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance or rank?
(a) Illustriousness.
(b) Flagrance.
(c) Humility.
(d) Irascibility.

3. What does Handful volunteer to steal from the City Arsenal in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) A bomb.
(b) 100 guns.
(c) A cannonball.
(d) A bullet mold.

4. What illness does Israel Morris's wife die from in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Influenza.

5. What is the name of Israel Morris's sister that lives with him?
(a) Christine.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Mary.

6. Whom does Handful intend to keep safe when the slave uprising takes place in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Nina.
(b) Mrs. Grimke.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Mr. Grimke.

7. Denmark confesses to Handful in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820 that what happened to Charlotte?
(a) She was captured by a slave catcher.
(b) She has made it across the border to Canada.
(c) She was shot and killed.
(d) She is in prison in New York.

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

9. At the black church in Charleston, Denmark Vesey preaches about Charleston being what land all over again in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Egypt.
(b) France.
(c) Rome.
(d) Germany.

10. Who serves as the reverend pastor at the black church that Handful begins attending in Charleston in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Theodore Weld.
(b) Burke Williams.
(c) Morris Brown.
(d) Robert Hayne.

11. What is Denmark Vesey's punishment after his capture in the end of Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) He is burned at the stake.
(b) He is imprisoned for 5 years.
(c) He is sent to the Work Camp.
(d) He is hanged.

12. How long has Mauma been gone from the Grimke plantation in the beginning of Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?
(a) Six years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Two years.

13. Where is the City Arsenal in Charleston located?
(a) Juniper Street.
(b) Meeting Street.
(c) Fourth Street.
(d) First Street.

14. What is the name of Mrs. Grimke's lawyer that she writes to for help getting money in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) Daniel Huger.
(b) Robert Hayne.
(c) Theodore Weld.
(d) Burke Williams.

15. How old is Nina when she starts a female prayer group in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?
(a) 29.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nina has publicly refused to be confirmed into what church in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

2. In Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822, whose house slave reports talk of an insurrection by the wharves?

3. What do Sarah and Catherine arrange for Becky's birthday in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

4. Who is the female minister that defends Sarah's right to stay at Israel Morris's estate in Part Four, September 1821 – July 1822?

5. Whose journal does Israel Morris give to Sarah to read in Part Three, October 1818 – November 1820?

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