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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 did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Beavers.
(b) Fishers.
(c) Otters.
(d) Muskrats.

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

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

4. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Burlington, New Jersey.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

5. 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?
(a) “Beef ribs.”
(b) “Stale bread.”
(c) “A slice of apple.”
(d) “A piece of pork rind.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Harriet Tubman was approximately how tall?

4. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

5. Where did William and Ellen Craft go after arriving in Philadelphia, according to Harriet’s story in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

(see the answer key)

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