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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. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Telling stories.”
(b) “Womanizing.”
(c) “Absolute honesty.”
(d) “Stealing things.”

2. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

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”?
(a) The Book of Ezekiel.
(b) The Book of Habakkuk.
(c) The Book of Zechariah.
(d) The Book of Exodus.

4. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?
(a) Peter Cook.
(b) James Cook.
(c) Matthew Cook.
(d) Andrew Cook.

5. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Dr. Thompson say cotton brought per pound in 1837?

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”?

3. When the search for Shadrach finally ended, he was sent by the Boston Vigilance Committee where via the Underground Railroad?

4. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?

5. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

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