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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Shuck This Corn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In her own bedroom.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the kitchen.

2. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) John Bowley.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Theodore Parker.

3. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Measles.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Malaria.

4. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1812.

5. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 83.
(b) 64.
(c) 76.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

2. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. What was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

4. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?

5. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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