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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Harriet describe as “the most famous of the escaped slaves” in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) William Henry Ross.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) William Bailey.
(d) John Tubman.

2. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 42.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 33.

3. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 22.
(b) 34.
(c) 41.
(d) 15.

4. It was the fall of what year that “Harriet Tubman began to feel uneasy about three of her brothers” that were still on the plantation in Maryland in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1850.

5. 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) Charles Nalle.
(b) John Campbell Henry.
(c) Dr. Thompson.
(d) Captain Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harriet do when one of the slaves started to turn back on her trip to Canada in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

2. Who was the secretary of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. What “handsome black-haired Senator from Illinois” was trying to persuade the Senate to repeal the slavery restriction clause in 1854, according to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

4. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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