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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: "Moses Arrives with Six Passengers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) A half-shilling
(b) A shilling.
(c) Sixpence.
(d) A pound sterling.

2. Who was the president of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) John A. Andrew.
(b) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) J. Miller McKim.

3. Who was John Chase’s master, according to the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) William Craft.
(b) Theodore Parker.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

4. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?
(a) The Thompson Theatre.
(b) The Governor’s Mansion.
(c) Faneuil Hall.
(d) The Lebanon Seminary.

5. What was the name of Harriet’s sister Mary’s husband?
(a) Joe Bailey.
(b) Charles Nalle.
(c) William Still.
(d) John Bowley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when Harriet Tubman reached Pennsylvania?

2. Who was the secretary of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. 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”?

4. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

5. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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