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

2. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Southampton, Virginia.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

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

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?
(a) Jackson or Atlanta.
(b) Dallas or Houston.
(c) New Orleans or Natchez.
(d) Little Rock or Texarkana.

5. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Old Rit.
(b) William Craft.
(c) Peter Pennington.
(d) Franklin B. Sanborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?

2. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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

4. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

5. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?

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