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

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

3. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?
(a) The Potomac River.
(b) The Delaware River.
(c) Big Buckwater River.
(d) The Niagara River.

4. 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?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Parker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

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

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

4. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?

5. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

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