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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. How long did Harriet do housework in the home where she and her father were hired out before asking if she could work with the men in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 10 months.

2. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) A shilling.
(b) A pound sterling.
(c) A half-shilling
(d) Sixpence.

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

4. What was the name of John Tubman’s new wife when Harriet returned for him in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Mary.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Ellen.

5. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Apples.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Spinach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?

2. 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”?

3. How much money’s worth of “flesh and bone and muscle that belonged to Maryland planters” does the author say Harriet was smuggling to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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

5. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?

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