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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: "Go On or Die".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?
(a) The Devil.
(b) The Master.
(c) The Railroadman.
(d) The Prophet.

2. On what date was Nat Turner executed?
(a) February 4, 1824.
(b) September 27, 1827.
(c) May 19, 1828.
(d) November 11, 1831.

3. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Jerusalem flower.
(b) The Babylon flower.
(c) The Mecca flower.
(d) The Sunflower.

4. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1834.

5. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(c) William Henry Ross.
(d) George Ticknor Curtis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?

2. The discovery of missing slaves always seemed to happen on what days of the week in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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

4. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

5. What was Millard Fillmore’s title when he received a letter from Reverend Theodore Parker in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

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