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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. 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 Southern Shore.
(b) The Western Shore.
(c) The Eastern Shore.
(d) The Northern Shore.

2. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

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

4. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Remission day.
(b) Issue day.
(c) Arbor day.
(d) Tax day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?

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

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

4. Harriet was how old in the summer of 1826?

5. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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