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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. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In her own bedroom.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

2. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) Betelgeuse.
(b) The North Star.
(c) Rigel.
(d) The Southern Cross.

3. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) December 25, 1836.
(b) April 1, 1819.
(c) October 31, 1833.
(d) July 4, 1826.

4. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) Bucktown.
(b) Hawktown.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Fawntown.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?
(a) “Stale bread.”
(b) “A slice of apple.”
(c) “Beef ribs.”
(d) “A piece of pork rind.”

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?

2. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

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

4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?

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