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

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

3. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) Thomas Sims.
(b) William Craft.
(c) John Chase.
(d) Benjamin Ross.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?

3. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?

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

5. 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?

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