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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) John Chase and William Bailey.
(c) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(d) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.

2. Who did Harriet and the fugitives meet when they arrived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) General David Hunter.
(b) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(c) Reverend J.W. Loguen.
(d) Dr. Anthony Thompson.

3. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) William Still.
(b) Jacob Jackson.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Joe Bailey.

4. What “handsome black-haired Senator from Illinois” was trying to persuade the Senate to repeal the slavery restriction clause in 1854, according to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Stephen Douglas.
(b) Jacob Jackson.
(c) John Stewart.
(d) John Chase.

5. 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) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

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

4. Where was Harriet working in June of 1857, according to the author in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

5. By what name did Harriet refer to Maryland in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

(see the answer key)

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