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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. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 33.
(d) 42.

2. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

3. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In her own bedroom.

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

5. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) Fawntown.
(b) Hawktown.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Bucktown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

2. What did Harriet do when one of the slaves started to turn back on her trip to Canada in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

3. 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”?

4. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

5. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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