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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. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

2. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Mary.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Susan.
(d) Karen.

3. Who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas died?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(c) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(d) William Craft.

4. 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 shipbuilders.
(c) The army.
(d) The telegraph company.

5. Who served as a watchdog and guardian of runaway slaves in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Reverend J.W. Loguen.
(b) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(c) Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(d) Reverend John Rankin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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

3. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

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

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

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