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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 15, 1822.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Harriet asks Jefferson if he will include Sally in his autobiography, how does Jefferson respond?
(a) He tells her he will not.
(b) He says he will.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He smiles sadly.

2. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?
(a) Why she wasn't free.
(b) If there were there any black angels.
(c) Why he made animals in so many shapes, sizes, and colors.
(d) Why her siblings had died.

3. Who does Bankhead threaten to kill?
(a) Thruston.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Randolph.

4. In October 1821, what concern does Harriet express about passing for white?
(a) That she will be discovered.
(b) That she won't like it.
(c) That she'll be unable to write to her mother.
(d) That she will forget her real name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Mammy Ursula work in the fields?

2. How does Randolph plan to protect Harriet while she stays at Monticello?

3. In The Middle of May 1820, why do Charles Bankhead, William Thornton, Benjamin Latrobe, and Thomas Mann Randolph come to Monticello?

4. What do Harriet, Eston, and Madison do together while she tells them about accepting her freedom?

5. How has Randolph always behaved toward Harriet?

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