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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1843.

2. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) December.

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

4. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?

3. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

4. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

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

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