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

2. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

3. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1794.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. 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”?

4. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

5. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

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