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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. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In her own bedroom.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the kitchen.

2. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?
(a) Mr. Jackson.
(b) Mr. Barrett.
(c) Mr. Douglas.
(d) Mr. Sims.

3. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1793-1801.
(b) 1817-1825.
(c) 1801-1809.
(d) 1809-1817.

4. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?

2. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

3. 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?

4. What was the name of the builder that Harriet and her father were hired out to in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

5. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

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