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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 many trips does the author say Harriet Tubman made into Maryland between 1851 and 1857 to bring out slaves in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 18.
(d) 26.

2. What food did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Ashcake and salt herring.
(b) Pretzels and cheese.
(c) Smoked catfish and gingerbread.
(d) Cornbread and pickled eggs.

3. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) Betelgeuse.
(d) Rigel.

4. According to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board,” it was “common talk in the cabins that [Harriet’s brothers] had been sold and were to go South with the chain gang the day after” what?
(a) “Halloween.”
(b) “Easter.”
(c) “Fourth of July.”
(d) “Christmas.”

5. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did William and Ellen Craft go after arriving in Philadelphia, according to Harriet’s story in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

2. What was the name of the builder that Harriet and her father were hired out to in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

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

4. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

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

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