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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Harriet, what isn't safe for a free black woman?
2. What job does Harriet tell Mammy she will have when she leaves?
3. What does Harriet have bad dreams about shortly before she leaves the plantation?
4. Who sends the letter that outlines Harriet's journey to Washington City?
5. Who does Beverly say got him his freedom papers?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Harriet's fiance worried that by becoming engaged to him she will be trading one master for another?
2. What characteristic of Harriet's makes Thruston proud of her?
3. When Harriet visits Mammy Ursula in That Same Day, May 17, 1822, how does Mammy Ursula respond to Harriet's revelation that she'll be leaving the plantation soon?
4. What about Sally's attitude toward Beverly's decision on the subject of his freedom bothers Harriet?
5. What reason does Harriet give Martha for her decision to pass as white?
6. What does Mammy Ursula say to Harriet that eases her feelings about Sally's apparent lack of concern at her leaving?
7. What about Jefferson's fulfilling of his promise to Sally to free her children makes Sally sad?
8. Why is it clear that Peter Carr is not Harriet's or Beverly's father?
9. In the section titled May 15, 1822, what decision has Beverly made that pleases Harriet?
10. Why does Harriet's fiance say that Jefferson lies about slavery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At different points in the book we see background characters who don't play a major role in the story, but who are placed there for important reasons. For example, at one point Harriet sees two girls chasing after one of the young men on the plantation. Why does the author put characters such as these in the book? What do they represent?
Essay Topic 2
What is important about Jefferson's Farm Book? What does it symbolize? What role does it play in the relationship between Harriet and Jefferson? How do its contents come to affect Harriet's final decision to leave Monticello?
Essay Topic 3
Harriet's brother Tom left the plantation before the story began. Initially, the reader is told he ran away and that's why no one talks about him. Later we learn that he is living as a white man with a wife and children. What does Tom represent in this novel? Does he represent an acceptance of passing for white or anger at the idea of passing for white?
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