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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) 1832.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1848.

2. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 76.
(b) 64.
(c) 59.
(d) 83.

3. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1849.

4. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) William Henry Ross.
(b) George Ticknor Curtis.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

5. On what day did two of Harriet’s sisters leave with the chain-gang in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the one woman in the group of fugitives that Harriet was helping North in November of 1856 in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

2. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

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

4. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?

5. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?

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