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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha tell Harriet not to do?
(a) Not to do as her mother tells her.
(b) Not to pass as white.
(c) Not to love Jefferson.
(d) Not to run away.

2. What does Martha tell Harriet she acts like even if she isn't one?
(a) A child.
(b) A slave.
(c) A black woman.
(d) A white woman.

3. Who orders Burwell to keep the brandy from Bankhead?
(a) Sally.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Martha.
(d) Harriet.

4. Why does Bankhead go over by the fireplace after he attacks Harriet?
(a) To get a poker.
(b) Because he's suddenly very cold.
(c) To hide.
(d) To stoke the fire.

5. What does Jefferson promise to show Harriet one day in the April 1820 section?
(a) His seed closet.
(b) His family Bible.
(c) His journal.
(d) The Farm Books.

6. What is Harriet afraid Beverly may never do?
(a) Grow old.
(b) Take his freedom and leave the plantation.
(c) Tell Jefferson he knows who his father is.
(d) Get married.

7. What is Harriet's response when Randolph asks her what she considers herself to be?
(a) A free woman.
(b) Harriet Hemings.
(c) A slave.
(d) Jefferson's daughter.

8. In The Middle of May 1820, what does Harriet tell Thruston she'll have whether she leaves the plantation or not?
(a) Happiness.
(b) True love.
(c) Her freedom.
(d) Acknowledgment of being Jefferson's daughter.

9. How does Martha feel about the assignment her father gives her?
(a) Not thrilled.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Frightened.

10. Where does Mammy Ursula tell Harriet to go to see the clothing that is being made for her?
(a) Sally's secret room.
(b) Jefferson's parlor.
(c) To town.
(d) Mammy Ursula's cabin.

11. What choice of Harriet's does Jefferson say is a good one in their first conversation after the attack by Bankhead?
(a) Running away.
(b) Staying at Monticello.
(c) Passing as white.
(d) Marrying Thruston.

12. What can you see through the portholes in Jefferson's room?
(a) Sally's secret room.
(b) Mammy Ursula's cabin.
(c) The fields.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Randolph believe should happen to all slaves?
(a) They should be freed.
(b) They should remain slaves.
(c) They should be allowed to choose where they live.
(d) They should be taught their places.

14. Whose offer to take the tea tray to Jefferson in December 1819 does Harriet refuse?
(a) Eston.
(b) Burwell.
(c) Mammy Ursula.
(d) Beverly.

15. What does Randolph tell Harriet she will be a fool if she does?
(a) Gets married.
(b) Accepts her freedom.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Refuses her freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In April 1820, what is Jefferson's reaction when Harriet swears she didn't look at his stuff?

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

3. Where was Sally when she was offered freedom?

4. In May 1820, Two Days Later, why does Sally wake Harriet?

5. What is Bankhead looking for when Harriet comes across him in the house?

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