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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. What was the name of the builder that Harriet and her father were hired out to in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) Peter Pennington.
(b) John Stewart.
(c) J. Miller McKim.
(d) Thomas Sims.

2. 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”?
(a) John Bowley and J. Miller McKim.
(b) Peter Jackson and John Chase.
(c) Franklin B. Sanborn and Charles Nalle.
(d) J. Miller McKim and Peter Pennington.

3. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) Two cords.
(b) One cord.
(c) Four cords.
(d) Half a cord.

4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Theodore Parker’s.
(b) Edward Brodas’s.
(c) Austin Woodfolk’s.
(d) John Bowley’s.

5. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 18.
(b) 42.
(c) 33.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves were in the party that Harriet planned to take to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

2. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

3. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

4. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?

5. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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