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

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

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

4. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She was a horse trainer.
(c) She was a baker.
(d) She was a weaver.

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

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

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. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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

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