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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. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Trinity County.
(b) Jefferson County.
(c) Dorchester County.
(d) Talbot County.

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

3. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?
(a) Mr. Douglas.
(b) Mr. Sims.
(c) Mr. Barrett.
(d) Mr. Jackson.

4. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Muskrats.
(b) Beavers.
(c) Otters.
(d) Fishers.

5. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) January 1, 1831.
(b) March 26, 1840.
(c) July 4, 1835.
(d) June 14, 1837.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was The Liberator published?

2. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

3. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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

5. 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?

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