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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. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?
(a) The shipbuilders.
(b) The army.
(c) The telegraph company.
(d) Carpenters in the city.

2. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) July 4, 1835.
(b) January 1, 1831.
(c) March 26, 1840.
(d) June 14, 1837.

3. 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?
(a) “Beef ribs.”
(b) “Stale bread.”
(c) “A piece of pork rind.”
(d) “A slice of apple.”

4. 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) Saturday.
(d) Thursday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

2. How long did Harriet do housework in the home where she and her father were hired out before asking if she could work with the men in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

3. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

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