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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "Minta Becomes Harriet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The Governor.
(b) The trader.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The preacher.

2. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?
(a) She thought her prayers killed him.
(b) She killed him while he slept.
(c) She abetted his murder.
(d) She stole the master’s fruit.

3. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) A rock.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A two-pound weight.
(d) A log.

4. What was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) John Campbell Henry.
(b) John Chase.
(c) Austin Woodfolk.
(d) Franklin B. Sanborn.

5. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1817-1825.
(b) 1801-1809.
(c) 1793-1801.
(d) 1809-1817.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

2. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?

3. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?

4. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?

5. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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