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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. 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”?
(a) The Book of Zechariah.
(b) The Book of Ezekiel.
(c) The Book of Exodus.
(d) The Book of Habakkuk.

2. 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) “Absolute honesty.”
(b) “Stealing things.”
(c) “Telling stories.”
(d) “Womanizing.”

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

3. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. 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”?

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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