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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Shuck This Corn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Jefferson County.
(b) Trinity County.
(c) Dorchester County.
(d) Talbot County.

2. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Magna Carta.

3. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) April 1, 1819.
(b) December 25, 1836.
(c) July 4, 1826.
(d) October 31, 1833.

4. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”
(b) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”
(c) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(d) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”

5. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Bucktown, Maryland.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?

2. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?

3. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

4. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

5. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

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