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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. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) Eliza Ann Brodins.
(b) Ellen Craft.
(c) Catherine Kane.
(d) Mary Patterson.

2. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

3. 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) Karen.
(d) Susan.

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

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

Short Answer 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”?

2. 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?

3. How long did Harriet do housework in the home where she and her father were hired out before asking if she could work with the men in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

4. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

5. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?

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