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

2. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1824.

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”?
(a) J. Miller McKim.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(d) Peter Poyas.

4. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?
(a) In Georgia.
(b) In Mississippi.
(c) In Alabama.
(d) In Kentucky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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

4. Who was John Chase’s master, according to the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

5. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

(see the answer key)

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