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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 is in the gunnysack that Beverly gives Harriet?
(a) His journals.
(b) Apples.
(c) Books.
(d) A bottle of French claret.
2. What instrument does Martha expect Harriet to play for her guests?
(a) Violin.
(b) Flute.
(c) Pianoforte.
(d) Harp.
3. What does Harriet say is a gift not to be thrown away?
(a) Education.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Health.
4. What do Sally's children want her to finally admit in The Middle of August 1822?
(a) That she doesn't care if her children leave.
(b) That she wants her freedom.
(c) That she no longer loves Jefferson.
(d) The truth about her relationship with Jefferson.
5. When Beverly decides to leave the plantation, how does he leave?
(a) He doesn't leave.
(b) As a white man.
(c) Bright and early in the morning.
(d) As a free black man.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Randolph tell Harriet to show the letter he sends her to Martha?
2. What is Harriet determined to do after Beverly leaves?
3. What does Thruston give Harriet before she leaves Monticello?
4. Who helps Harriet pack to leave?
5. What is the name of the inn Harriet will travel to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Harriet finally realize when she considers that the other slave girls have only getting married and having babies in their futures?
2. Why is it so important to Harriet that Mammy Ursula and Thruston approve of her decision to leave the plantation and pass as white?
3. Why doesn't Martha like Madison?
4. What is Jefferson's personal conflict regarding his attitude toward Sally and her children?
5. How does Harriet explain to Beverly her belief that she is not turning her back on her family and race by passing for white?
6. In The Middle of August 1822, what reason does Sally finally tell her children is the reason she left France and returned to Monticello?
7. What does Beverly tell Harriet to prove to her that Jefferson will never acknowledge that they are his children?
8. Why is it clear that Peter Carr is not Harriet's or Beverly's father?
9. What characteristic of Harriet's makes Thruston proud of her?
10. Why is Harriet's fiance worried that by becoming engaged to him she will be trading one master for another?
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