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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 ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Measles.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. Harriet told the fugitive slaves in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada” that William Garrett was of what religion?
(a) He was a Quaker.
(b) He was a Methodist.
(c) He was a Baptist.
(d) He was a Catholic.

3. 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 J.W. Loguen.
(c) Reverend John Rankin.
(d) Reverend Theodore Parker.

4. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) April 3, 1851.
(b) June 22, 1847.
(c) October 14, 1854.
(d) March 11, 1852.

5. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 2 years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what did Harriet think in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes” “did not change a person, did not really matter”?

3. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?

4. How many slaves were in the party that Harriet planned to take to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

5. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?

(see the answer key)

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