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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Harriet and her brothers turn back from fleeing, she learns they’ve been sold to a slave trader from where in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

3. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Talbot County.
(b) Dorchester County.
(c) Jefferson County.
(d) Trinity County.

4. 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 Southern Cross.
(b) Betelgeuse.
(c) Rigel.
(d) The North Star.

5. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1827.

6. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?
(a) Little Rock or Texarkana.
(b) New Orleans or Natchez.
(c) Dallas or Houston.
(d) Jackson or Atlanta.

7. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?
(a) The telegraph company.
(b) The army.
(c) Carpenters in the city.
(d) The shipbuilders.

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

9. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The Governor.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The trader.

10. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1805.

11. Harriet Greene was usually called what, according to the narrator inChapter 1: “The Quarter”?
(a) Old Cat.
(b) Old Doc.
(c) Old Rit.
(d) Old Bird.

12. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 41.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 34.

13. Harriet Tubman was approximately how tall?
(a) 5 feet 3 inches.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 5 feet 8 inches.
(d) 6 feet 1 inch.

14. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

2. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?

3. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?

4. What was the name of Harriet’s sister Mary’s husband?

5. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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