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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. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 11 years old.
(d) 2 years old.

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

3. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?
(a) In Georgia.
(b) In Alabama.
(c) In Kentucky.
(d) In Mississippi.

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

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) John Bowley.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Theodore Parker.
(d) Jacob Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

2. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

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

4. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

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

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