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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?
(a) Faneuil Hall.
(b) The Thompson Theatre.
(c) The Governor’s Mansion.
(d) The Lebanon Seminary.

2. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?
(a) Her feelings of insecurity.
(b) Her love for the Master.
(c) Her head injury.
(d) Her dignity.

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

4. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Schenectady, New York.
(b) Burlington, New Jersey.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

2. Harriet told the fugitives about William and Ellen Craft escaping from where in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

3. Benjamin and John Ross worked for whom in Bucktown in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

4. As the legends of Moses spread through Dorchester and Caroline Counties, the overseers and masters would discover slaves missing, but they claimed that nothing out of the usual had occurred except for hearing the out-of-season call of what bird?

5. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?

(see the answer key)

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