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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Jerusalem flower.
(d) The Sunflower.

2. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.
(b) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.
(c) John Stewart and Nat Turner.
(d) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.

3. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) March 11, 1852.
(b) April 3, 1851.
(c) June 22, 1847.
(d) October 14, 1854.

4. 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?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Theodore Parker.

5. When the search for Shadrach finally ended, he was sent by the Boston Vigilance Committee where via the Underground Railroad?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

3. Old Rit and Ben were arguing when Harriet arrived with the wagon in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North” because Old Rit wanted to bring what along?

4. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

5. Franklin Pierce was a United States President during what years?

(see the answer key)

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