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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. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”
(b) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”
(c) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(d) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”

2. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

3. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) Two cords.
(b) One cord.
(c) Four cords.
(d) Half a cord.

4. Who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas died?
(a) William Craft.
(b) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) Dr. Anthony Thompson.

5. 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?
(a) The Northern Shore.
(b) The Western Shore.
(c) The Southern Shore.
(d) The Eastern Shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?

2. 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?

3. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

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

5. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

(see the answer key)

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