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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. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?
(a) Matthew Cook.
(b) Peter Cook.
(c) James Cook.
(d) Andrew Cook.

2. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Edward Brodas’s.
(b) Theodore Parker’s.
(c) John Bowley’s.
(d) Austin Woodfolk’s.

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

4. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Ella.
(c) Tito.
(d) Minta.

5. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Washington County.
(b) Madison County.
(c) Dorchester County.
(d) Talbot County.

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. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?

3. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?

4. Harriet was how old in the summer of 1826?

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

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