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

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?
(a) New Orleans or Natchez.
(b) Dallas or Houston.
(c) Jackson or Atlanta.
(d) Little Rock or Texarkana.

3. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?
(a) “A slice of apple.”
(b) “Beef ribs.”
(c) “Stale bread.”
(d) “A piece of pork rind.”

5. 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) 1853.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1812.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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”?

5. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?

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