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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend of Harriet’s did she consider lived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Jarm Loguen.
(b) William Penn.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Thomas Garrett.

2. By what name did Harriet refer to Maryland in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) The land of Valhalla.
(b) The land of Egypt.
(c) The land of Babylon.
(d) The land of Israel.

3. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A rock.
(c) A log.
(d) A two-pound weight.

4. 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) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of William Henry Ross’s fiancée that he brought with him on the trip North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

2. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

3. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

4. When the search for Shadrach finally ended, he was sent by the Boston Vigilance Committee where via the Underground Railroad?

5. What was the name of the horse that Harriet stole in order to help her parents flee in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

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