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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Hired Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1809-1817.
(b) 1817-1825.
(c) 1793-1801.
(d) 1801-1809.

2. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Issue day.
(b) Tax day.
(c) Arbor day.
(d) Remission day.

3. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?
(a) The Bill of Rights.
(b) The Magna Carta.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

4. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Womanizing.”
(b) “Stealing things.”
(c) “Absolute honesty.”
(d) “Telling stories.”

5. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
(a) April 13, 1743.
(b) January 5, 1732.
(c) March 28, 1760.
(d) September 19, 1749.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?

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

4. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?

5. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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