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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 president of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) Jacob Jackson.
(c) John A. Andrew.
(d) J. Miller McKim.

2. How many slaves were in the party that Harriet planned to take to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

3. The discovery of missing slaves always seemed to happen on what days of the week in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Thursdays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Sundays.

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

5. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) July 4, 1835.
(b) January 1, 1831.
(c) March 26, 1840.
(d) June 14, 1837.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?

4. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?

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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