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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. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Southampton, Virginia.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

2. Harriet asked a friend to write a cryptic letter to what free negro that lived near the plantation where her brothers were in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Jacob Jackson.
(b) Joe Bailey.
(c) John A. Andrew.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

3. Who was the one woman in the group of fugitives that Harriet was helping North in November of 1856 in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) Mary Patterson.
(b) Ellen Craft.
(c) Eliza Nokey.
(d) Catherine Kane.

4. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) April 1, 1819.
(b) October 31, 1833.
(c) July 4, 1826.
(d) December 25, 1836.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John Chase’s master, according to the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

2. When recalling her patchwork quilt in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North,” Harriet realized that it had been what to her?

3. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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

5. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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