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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 was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas died?
(a) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(b) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(c) William Craft.
(d) Dr. Anthony Thompson.

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

3. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?
(a) The army.
(b) The shipbuilders.
(c) Carpenters in the city.
(d) The telegraph company.

4. 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) The Southern Cross.
(b) Rigel.
(c) The North Star.
(d) Betelgeuse.

5. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

3. 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?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?

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

(see the answer key)

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