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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle of August 1822.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to collect Sally's boys at the beginning of the book when they are playing more than they are working?
(a) Burwell.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Sally.

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

3. Who gives Harriet a potion to help her sleep on the night she is attacked?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Thruston.
(c) Mammy Ursula.
(d) Sally.

4. What is the name of Harriet's fiance?
(a) Thad Sandridge.
(b) Thomas Randolph.
(c) Thruston Meyer.
(d) Davie.

5. Whose name is Harriet going to take when she leaves the plantation?
(a) Her fiance's mother's.
(b) Jefferson's.
(c) The daughter of her fiance's college teacher.
(d) Sally's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Randolph say he should have done to Bankhead long ago?

2. When Harriet goes to visit Mammy Ursula in May 17, 1822, what is Mammy doing?

3. What reason is Harriet given for the possibility of being sold after Jefferson's death if she doesn't accept her freedom?

4. In April 1820, what does Jefferson ask Harriet to give careful consideration to?

5. In The Middle of May 1820, what does Harriet tell Thruston she'll have whether she leaves the plantation or not?

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