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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: "Go On or Die".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Dorchester County.
(b) Washington County.
(c) Madison County.
(d) Talbot County.

2. What food did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Ashcake and salt herring.
(b) Smoked catfish and gingerbread.
(c) Pretzels and cheese.
(d) Cornbread and pickled eggs.

3. 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) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”
(b) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”
(c) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(d) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”

4. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) Thomas Sims.
(b) John Chase.
(c) Benjamin Ross.
(d) William Craft.

5. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?
(a) George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) Peter Jackson.
(c) Thomas Sims.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reverend Theodore Parker was elected chairman of what committee in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

2. Harriet told the slave refugees that William Garrett would give everyone what when they arrived in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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

4. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

5. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

(see the answer key)

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