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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Hired Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Telling stories.”
(b) “Stealing things.”
(c) “Womanizing.”
(d) “Absolute honesty.”

2. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Ella.
(b) Tito.
(c) Minta.
(d) Izzy.

3. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Issue day.
(b) Arbor day.
(c) Remission day.
(d) Tax day.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?
(a) The Book of Zechariah.
(b) The Book of Ezekiel.
(c) The Book of Exodus.
(d) The Book of Habakkuk.

5. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) Rigel.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) The North Star.
(d) Betelgeuse.

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. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?

3. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

5. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

(see the answer key)

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