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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. How does Harriet meet her fiance?

2. What kind of work does Harriet's fiance think he can arrange for her?

3. What instrument does Martha expect Harriet to play for her guests?

4. What recipes does Harriet request from Mammy Ursula to take with her?

5. What surprises Harriet's fiance about the way she addresses Jefferson?

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. In the section titled May 15, 1822, what decision has Beverly made that pleases Harriet?

3. In The Middle of August 1822, what reason does Sally finally tell her children is the reason she left France and returned to Monticello?

4. Why is Jefferson a little offended when he learns of Harriet's engagement to Thad?

5. What do Harriet and her siblings hope Sally will admit before Harriet leaves, but Sally never does?

6. What reason does Harriet give Martha for her decision to pass as white?

7. Why is it clear that Peter Carr is not Harriet's or Beverly's father?

8. 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?

9. What about Jefferson's fulfilling of his promise to Sally to free her children makes Sally sad?

10. What is Jefferson's personal conflict regarding his attitude toward Sally and her children?

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

Discuss the use of irony in Wolf by the Ears. Give specific examples of where the author uses irony and why these situations are ironic.

Essay Topic 3

Which characters play a role in making Harriet see how important it is to take her freedom? What do they do that helps to convince her? Why are these characters successful in convincing her even when her own mother is not?

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