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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had written the document dated February 19, 1863, which read, “Pass the bearer, Harriet Tubman, to Beaufort and back to this place, and wherever she wishes to go; and give her free passage at all times, on all Government transports”?
(a) General David Hunter.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) General Gilmore.
(d) Henry K. Durrant.

2. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Charles Nalle.
(b) John Campbell Henry.
(c) Dr. Thompson.
(d) Captain Smith.

3. On what date did Reverend Theodore Parker write a letter to Millard Fillmore in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) November 21, 1850.
(b) June 3, 1846.
(c) April 28, 1856.
(d) August 7, 1852.

4. Where did Levi Coffin operate the busiest branch of the Underground Railroad, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Southern Indiana.
(b) Western Alabama.
(c) Eastern Virginia.
(d) Northern Ohio.

5. Who had won the Republican nomination for the presidential election in 1860?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

6. Where was Harriet Tubman on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Troy, New York.
(c) Burlington, New Jersey.
(d) Cape May, New Jersey.

7. What “handsome black-haired Senator from Illinois” was trying to persuade the Senate to repeal the slavery restriction clause in 1854, according to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Jacob Jackson.
(b) John Stewart.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) John Chase.

8. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) Florida.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

9. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Southampton, Virginia.
(b) Burlington, New Jersey.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

10. Franklin Pierce was a United States President during what years?
(a) 1853-1857.
(b) 1857-1861.
(c) 1845-1849.
(d) 1849-1853.

11. Harriet Tubman returned to Dorchester County in the spring of what year in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1853.

12. Where was Harriet visiting friends on October 17, 1859, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

13. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) October 14, 1854.
(b) March 11, 1852.
(c) June 22, 1847.
(d) April 3, 1851.

14. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 40.

15. How much money’s worth of “flesh and bone and muscle that belonged to Maryland planters” does the author say Harriet was smuggling to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) $5,500.
(b) $22,000.
(c) $11,000.
(d) $33,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trips does the author say Harriet Tubman made into Maryland between 1851 and 1857 to bring out slaves in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

2. By what name did Harriet refer to Maryland in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

3. Harriet told the fugitive slaves in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada” that William Garrett was of what religion?

4. Benjamin Ross was described in the records as being how old in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

5. Harriet had not seen her father for how many years when she and her brothers stayed in the fodder house by their cabin in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

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