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Harriet JacobsA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What does Harriet’s grandmother sell?
2. Who purchased William?
3. When is hiring day in the antebellum South?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How are the enslaved people treated in Dr. Flint’s household?
2. How is Martha able to gain her freedom?
3. Why does Harriet describe the age of 15 as “a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl?”
Paired Resource
“‘A Chosen Exile’: Black People Passing In White America”
Reading Check
1. Who proposes to Harriet while she is in Dr. Flint’s care?
2. Where does Harriet’s lover go after she refused to marry him?
3. What does Mr. Litch’s brother train to find enslaved people?
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