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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) She was a weaver.
(b) She was a horse trainer.
(c) She was a baker.
(d) She was a teacher.

2. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1849.

3. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman on the condition that she be freed at what age in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

4. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) William Still.
(b) Joe Bailey.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

3. How many trips does the author say Harriet Tubman made into Maryland between 1851 and 1857 to bring out slaves in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

4. What year was it when Harriet Tubman reached Pennsylvania?

5. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?

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