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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. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) William Henry Ross.
(b) George Ticknor Curtis.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

2. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?
(a) The Magna Carta.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

3. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) The trader.
(c) The preacher.
(d) The Governor.

4. Harriet was how old in the summer of 1826?
(a) 11.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 14.

5. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 15.
(b) 41.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

4. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

5. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

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