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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 were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(d) John Chase and William Bailey.

2. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 83.
(b) 76.
(c) 64.
(d) 59.

3. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Tito.
(c) Minta.
(d) Ella.

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

5. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Madison County.
(b) Washington County.
(c) Talbot County.
(d) Dorchester County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?

3. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?

5. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

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