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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: "The Legend of Moses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The trader.
(d) The Governor.

2. Harriet Tubman was approximately how tall?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 5 feet 8 inches.
(c) 6 feet 1 inch.
(d) 5 feet 3 inches.

3. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?
(a) The Magna Carta.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

4. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”
(b) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”
(c) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(d) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”

5. 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) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?

2. 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”?

3. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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

5. How long did Harriet do housework in the home where she and her father were hired out before asking if she could work with the men in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

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