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

2. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?
(a) Theodore Parker.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Henry Clay.

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

4. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Tito.
(b) Izzy.
(c) Ella.
(d) Minta.

5. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?
(a) Old Rit.
(b) Old Doc.
(c) Old Bird.
(d) Old Cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

2. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

3. On what day did two of Harriet’s sisters leave with the chain-gang in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

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

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