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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. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1844.

2. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?
(a) Mr. Sims.
(b) Mr. Barrett.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Mr. Douglas.

3. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Dorchester County.
(b) Talbot County.
(c) Madison County.
(d) Washington County.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?

3. Who served as a watchdog and guardian of runaway slaves in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

4. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?

5. How much did Dr. Thompson say cotton brought per pound in 1837?

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