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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. Mrs. Grimke, Sarah, Mary, and Anna go off to a promenade at what location in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Beaufort.
(c) White Point.
(d) Madison.

2. One of the patches of the story quilt that Handful finds has Denmark's name and what numbers on the square in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1819.

3. Sarah's earliest memory is of her mother beating what slave?
(a) Handful.
(b) Binah.
(c) Rosetta.
(d) Charlotte.

4. Who was the founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Theodore Weld.
(c) Robert Hayne.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

5. Where does Burke Williams take Sarah on a chaperoned horseback ride after she returns from her family's upcountry plantation in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Sullivan's Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admonishes Sarah Grimke for teaching the slave children the ABC song during Sunday school in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

2. Who is the new slave that Mauma believes to be attracted to Handful in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

3. Where does Sarah attend a church service and become inspired to give her life to God after her betrothal to Burke Williams ends in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

4. Who is the "nursery mauma" that tends to the Grimke children in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805?

5. How much is Handful's worth, according to the slave records that Mauma examines in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mauma intend to do with the money she earns as a hired-out slave in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? What does she tell Handful of her plans?

2. What story does Handful recall in the opening of Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? Who told Handful this story?

3. What impressions does Denmark Vesey make on Handful and Mauma in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812?

4. What is Sarah's principle birthday present for her eleventh birthday? How does Sarah respond to this gift?

5. What items from the Grimke household go missing in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? Who steals these items?

6. What leads to Mauma being allowed to be hired out in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? How much does she earn in this manner?

7. Who is the young man that asks to call on Sarah at Mrs. Alston's party? How is this character described?

8. How does Sarah go about attempting to quell her feelings for Burke Williams in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? Is she successful?

9. What does Sarah discover Handful doing when her family returns from their upcountry estate in Part 2, February 1811 – December 1812? How does she respond?

10. How is the ancestry of the Grimke family described in Part 1, November 1803 – February 1805? What class are the Grimkes?

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