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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 many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 22.
(b) 15.
(c) 41.
(d) 34.

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

3. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?
(a) Old Rit.
(b) Old Cat.
(c) Old Doc.
(d) Old Bird.

4. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?
(a) The Master.
(b) The Railroadman.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The Prophet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?

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

3. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

4. 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?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?

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