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

2. What was the reward amount posted on the wanted poster that Harriet and the fugitives discovered in their near-escape in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) $500.
(b) $1,750.
(c) $2,600.
(d) $2,250.

3. As the legends of Moses spread through Dorchester and Caroline Counties, the overseers and masters would discover slaves missing, but they claimed that nothing out of the usual had occurred except for hearing the out-of-season call of what bird?
(a) Scrub jays.
(b) Meadowlarks.
(c) Robins.
(d) Whippoorwills.

4. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Mecca flower.
(b) The Jerusalem flower.
(c) The Babylon flower.
(d) The Sunflower.

5. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) April 1, 1819.
(b) July 4, 1826.
(c) October 31, 1833.
(d) December 25, 1836.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?

2. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

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

4. Who was the one woman in the group of fugitives that Harriet was helping North in November of 1856 in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?

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