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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 1820, Two Days Later.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Randolph suggest Harriet learn before she is freed?
(a) Domestic and gentle arts.
(b) To read and write.
(c) The identity of her father.
(d) Some common sense.

2. At the end of their discussion in April 1820, what does Harriet think of what Randolph had to say?
(a) He was wrong.
(b) It was all crazy talk.
(c) He doesn't understand her.
(d) He made many good points.

3. What must Harriet do within one year of being freed?
(a) Pay her master back.
(b) Leave Virginia.
(c) Get married.
(d) Have a child.

4. Where is Sally when Harriet goes to look for the secret room?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) Mulberry Row.
(c) Jefferson's room.
(d) Visiting Mammy Ursula.

5. What does Sally tell Harriet is none of her concern in May 1820, Two Days Later?
(a) Bankhead's punishment.
(b) Sally's relationship with Jefferson.
(c) The field work.
(d) Jefferson's finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Harriet feel she will be turning her back on by following Randolph's plan for her freedom?

2. Whose offer to take the tea tray to Jefferson in December 1819 does Harriet refuse?

3. How much time passes between Harriet being discovered in the secret room and her next journal entry?

4. Who orders Burwell to keep the brandy from Bankhead?

5. According to Randolph, what would it be like for Harriet to live as a free black woman?

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