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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "Minta Becomes Harriet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Nat Turner executed?
(a) November 11, 1831.
(b) February 4, 1824.
(c) September 27, 1827.
(d) May 19, 1828.

2. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) A half-shilling
(b) Sixpence.
(c) A shilling.
(d) A pound sterling.

3. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) Benjamin Ross.
(b) John Chase.
(c) Thomas Sims.
(d) William Craft.

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?
(a) “Absolute honesty.”
(b) “Telling stories.”
(c) “Stealing things.”
(d) “Womanizing.”

5. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1827.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?

3. What was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

4. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

5. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

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