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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. By what nickname was Harriet Tubman called by many in 1858, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Jenny Rodgers.
(b) Priscilla Hutchins.
(c) Molly Pitcher.
(d) Annie Wagner.

2. What runaway slave was arrested and going to trial on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) John Tubman.
(b) Mingo Harth.
(c) Charles Nalle.
(d) Nat Turner.

3. Where was John Brown executed?
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Charleston, Virginia.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Cape May, New Jersey.

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

5. It was December of what year that Harriet Tubman set out with the band of fugitives she planned to take to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1854.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harriet working in June of 1857, according to the author in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

2. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?

3. The letter that Harriet carried and was dated July 6, 1863, was from Colonel Montgomery to whom, in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?

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

5. To whom did Thomas Garrett send a letter in Philadelphia to let him know that Harriet and the fugitives were on their way in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Harriet’s route changed in her journeys along the Underground Railroad in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”? Why?

2. What was the first obstacle that Harriet met on her journey North with refugees in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

3. What slave story does the author relate that took place in Boston in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

4. Who was Harriet helping escape enslavement in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”? Where did they stay before leaving the plantation?

5. What happened to Jacob Jackson’s letter in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”? How did he respond to the situation?

6. What slave story does the author relate in her historical note at the end of Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

7. What causes did Harriet Tubman work toward in her later life, according to the author in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?

8. Where did Harriet take the fleeing fugitive slaves she accompanied in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”? How did she travel?

9. How did Harriet maintain the motivations of the refugee slaves in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

10. What was Harriet’s principle reason for returning to Maryland in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”? What does the title of the chapter refer to?

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