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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: "A Glory Over Everything".

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) Carpenters in the city.
(b) The army.
(c) The telegraph company.
(d) The shipbuilders.

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

3. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?
(a) Peter Cook.
(b) Andrew Cook.
(c) Matthew Cook.
(d) James Cook.

4. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1831.

5. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Southampton, Virginia.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

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

4. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

5. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?

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