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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?
(a) Thomas Sims.
(b) Peter Jackson.
(c) George Ticknor Curtis.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

2. How much money did Harriet pay to a lawyer to look up all of Old Rit’s masters, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) $8.
(b) $10.
(c) $5.
(d) $2.

3. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Florida.
(d) North Carolina.

4. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Charles Nalle.
(c) Dr. Thompson.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

5. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Tito.
(b) Minta.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Ella.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

2. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?

3. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

4. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

5. Harriet told the slave refugees that William Garrett would give everyone what when they arrived in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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