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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 was how old in the summer of 1826?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

2. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Arbor day.
(b) Tax day.
(c) Issue day.
(d) Remission day.

3. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 9 months.

4. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman on the condition that she be freed at what age in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

5. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1843.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Who did Harriet describe as “the most famous of the escaped slaves” in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

3. What was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

4. How old was John Chase described as in the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

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

(see the answer key)

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