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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. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) October 31, 1833.
(b) July 4, 1826.
(c) April 1, 1819.
(d) December 25, 1836.

2. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Miss Johanna.
(b) Miss Rebecca.
(c) Miss Daisy.
(d) Miss Emily.

3. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.
(b) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(c) John Stewart and Nat Turner.
(d) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.

4. What food did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Pretzels and cheese.
(b) Smoked catfish and gingerbread.
(c) Cornbread and pickled eggs.
(d) Ashcake and salt herring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?

2. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

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

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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