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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: "With the Union Army".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benjamin Ross was described in the records as being how old in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) 43.
(b) 16.
(c) 28.
(d) 35.

2. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 9 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

4. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Miss Johanna.
(b) Miss Emily.
(c) Miss Daisy.
(d) Miss Rebecca.

5. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) Bucktown.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Hawktown.
(d) Fawntown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

2. It was the fall of what year that “Harriet Tubman began to feel uneasy about three of her brothers” that were still on the plantation in Maryland in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

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. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?

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

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