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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Harriet and her brothers turn back from fleeing, she learns they’ve been sold to a slave trader from where in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arkansas.

2. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?
(a) Old Rit.
(b) Old Bird.
(c) Old Cat.
(d) Old Doc.

3. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

4. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
(a) January 5, 1732.
(b) March 28, 1760.
(c) September 19, 1749.
(d) April 13, 1743.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?

2. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

4. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

5. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns led Harriet to plan an escape in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Who did she bring with her and why?

2. When and where was Harriet Tubman born? How does the author illustrate this setting in Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

3. How does the author describe Harriet’s acquisition of knowledge by the time she was six in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”? From whom did she gain this knowledge?

4. What ailment did Harriet contract while she was hired out to the Cooks? How did Old Rit respond to Harriet’s condition when she returned to the plantation?

5. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?

6. How does the author describe the Christmas season in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”? What were Harriet’s thoughts on this holiday?

7. What events does the author describe in the historical notes at the end of Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

8. What principle job did Harriet have while she was hired out at the Cook home in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”? How did Harriet feel about the work?

9. Where was Harriet living in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”? What was her assigned work duty? How did she feel about it?

10. What stories of runaway slaves did Harriet hear while working at the plantation in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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