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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Underground Road".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?
(a) “Beef ribs.”
(b) “A piece of pork rind.”
(c) “Stale bread.”
(d) “A slice of apple.”

2. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) December 25, 1836.
(b) October 31, 1833.
(c) April 1, 1819.
(d) July 4, 1826.

3. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

5. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The preacher.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) The Governor.
(d) The trader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

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

3. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

4. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?

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

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