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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) February 4, 1824.
(b) May 19, 1828.
(c) September 27, 1827.
(d) November 11, 1831.

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

3. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Burlington.
(c) Bucktown.
(d) Charleston.

4. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Beavers.
(b) Fishers.
(c) Muskrats.
(d) Otters.

5. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) William Henry Ross.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

4. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

5. Where was The Liberator published?

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