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

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. 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 was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) Austin Woodfolk.
(c) John Campbell Henry.
(d) John Chase.

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?
(a) The Book of Zechariah.
(b) The Book of Ezekiel.
(c) The Book of Habakkuk.
(d) The Book of Exodus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?

4. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?

5. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

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