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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. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Issue day.
(b) Tax day.
(c) Remission day.
(d) Arbor day.

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

3. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
(a) April 13, 1743.
(b) March 28, 1760.
(c) September 19, 1749.
(d) January 5, 1732.

4. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1857.

5. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?
(a) John Campbell Henry.
(b) George Ticknor Curtis.
(c) Thomas Sims.
(d) Peter Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?

3. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

4. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

5. On what day did two of Harriet’s sisters leave with the chain-gang in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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