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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. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) Rigel.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) Betelgeuse.
(d) The North Star.

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

4. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

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) Georgia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

2. 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”?

3. Shadrach was arrested in Boston on what date and charged with being a fugitive slave?

4. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?

5. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

(see the answer key)

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