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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. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A church.
(d) An army base.

2. 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) 16 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 11 years old.

3. What did Harriet do when one of the slaves started to turn back on her trip to Canada in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) She gave him money to return.
(b) She told him she’d whip him.
(c) She threatened to shoot him.
(d) She called the police.

4. It was December of what year that Harriet Tubman set out with the band of fugitives she planned to take to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1851.

5. Who was the secretary of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) J. Miller McKim.
(b) John A. Andrew.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) William Still.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of the strangers from Cambridge who joined the fugitive party led by Harriet going North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

2. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?

3. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

4. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

5. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

(see the answer key)

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