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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "A Wagon Load of Bricks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) June 14, 1837.
(b) July 4, 1835.
(c) January 1, 1831.
(d) March 26, 1840.

2. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 1 year.

3. How much money did William R. Hughlett pay for Joe Bailey, according to the author in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $3,500.
(d) $1,200.

4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Austin Woodfolk’s.
(b) Theodore Parker’s.
(c) Edward Brodas’s.
(d) John Bowley’s.

5. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Southampton, Virginia.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?

2. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?

3. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

4. What was the reward amount posted on the wanted poster that Harriet and the fugitives discovered in their near-escape in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

5. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

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