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

2. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.
(b) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.
(c) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(d) John Stewart and Nat Turner.

3. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(d) John Chase and William Bailey.

4. 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) James Cook.
(d) Matthew Cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

2. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

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

4. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

5. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

(see the answer key)

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