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

2. Who initially orders Bankhead off of Harriet?
(a) Sally.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Thruston.
(d) Davie.

3. Whom does Randolph say Harriet is just as white and educated as?
(a) Martha.
(b) Himself.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Everyone else at Monticello.

4. Who is married and doing well according to Sally in The Third Week of May 1820?
(a) Sally's sister.
(b) Harriet's older sister.
(c) Thad.
(d) Tom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Martha wish would drink himself to death?

3. What does Martha tell Harriet she acts like even if she isn't one?

4. Where is the door that leads to Sally's secret room?

5. When Harriet asks Jefferson if he will include Sally in his autobiography, how does Jefferson respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Randolph plan to protect Harriet from the overseer forcing her to become engaged to a slave?

2. What does Jefferson promise Harriet in return for not telling anyone that he didn't punish her for sneaking into his rooms?

3. What is Sally's real reason for sending Harriet to serve Thomas Mann Randolph his breakfast?

4. Following the attack on Harriet by Bankhead, what is Harriet afraid the overseer will do?

5. If Harriet stays at Monticello and Jefferson dies, Thruston says the slaves will all be sold to pay Jefferson's debt. What is Thruston's concern for Harriet if this should happen?

6. Why does Martha agree to tutor Harriet as she prepares to leave the plantation?

7. What fate does Martha wish for Bankhead?

8. After speaking with Thruston about Jefferson's eventual death, what does Harriet realize will happen to her some day, whether she leaves the plantation or not?

9. What is Mammy Ursula's answer to Harriet when she asks why Sally didn't taker her freedom when she was in France?

10. Why does Mammy Ursula think Harriet should take her freedom even if she doesn't want it?

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