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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. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1838.

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

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

4. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.
(b) John Stewart and Nat Turner.
(c) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.
(d) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.

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

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. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?

3. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

5. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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