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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. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?
(a) 1785-1792.
(b) 1776-1780.
(c) 1770-1776.
(d) 1775-1783.

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

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

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

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) 1844.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1853.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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”?

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