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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Schenectady, New York.
(d) Bucktown, Maryland.

2. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) A hotel.
(b) An army base.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A church.

3. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

4. 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) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

5. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Mecca flower.
(b) The Babylon flower.
(c) The Sunflower.
(d) The Jerusalem flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

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

3. How many trips does the author say Harriet Tubman made into Maryland between 1851 and 1857 to bring out slaves in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

4. What was the reward amount posted on the wanted poster that Harriet and the fugitives discovered in their near-escape in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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