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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "A Wagon Load of Bricks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harriet told the slave refugees that William Garrett would give everyone what when they arrived in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Water.
(b) Bread.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Blankets.

2. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 5 cents.
(b) 2 cents.
(c) 14 cents.
(d) 9 cents.

3. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) John Chase and William Bailey.
(d) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.

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”?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

5. How much money’s worth of “flesh and bone and muscle that belonged to Maryland planters” does the author say Harriet was smuggling to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) $22,000.
(b) $33,000.
(c) $11,000.
(d) $5,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

2. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

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

4. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

5. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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