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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. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1820.

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?
(a) The Northern Shore.
(b) The Southern Shore.
(c) The Eastern Shore.
(d) The Western Shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?

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

3. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. Who served as a watchdog and guardian of runaway slaves in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

5. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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