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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. Who did Harriet and the fugitives meet when they arrived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(b) General David Hunter.
(c) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(d) Reverend J.W. Loguen.

2. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?
(a) 1770-1776.
(b) 1776-1780.
(c) 1785-1792.
(d) 1775-1783.

3. How much money did Harriet pay to a lawyer to look up all of Old Rit’s masters, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) $8.
(b) $2.
(c) $10.
(d) $5.

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

5. Harriet Tubman returned to Dorchester County in the spring of what year in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?

2. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

3. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?

4. 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”?

5. When was the Fugitive Slave Act enacted in the United States?

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