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

2. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1850.

3. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) March 26, 1840.
(b) January 1, 1831.
(c) July 4, 1835.
(d) June 14, 1837.

4. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1845.

5. 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) Whippoorwills.
(b) Meadowlarks.
(c) Robins.
(d) Scrub jays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

2. Harriet told the slave fugitives about William Garrett where on their journey to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

3. To whom did Thomas Garrett send a letter in Philadelphia to let him know that Harriet and the fugitives were on their way in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

4. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?

5. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?

(see the answer key)

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