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

2. 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.

3. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

5. What food did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Ashcake and salt herring.
(b) Cornbread and pickled eggs.
(c) Smoked catfish and gingerbread.
(d) Pretzels and cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?

2. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

3. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

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