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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?
(a) Faneuil Hall.
(b) The Governor’s Mansion.
(c) The Thompson Theatre.
(d) The Lebanon Seminary.

2. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1829.

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

4. What was the name of the slave trader that Harriet and her brothers were sold to in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) John Chase.
(c) John Campbell Henry.
(d) Austin Woodfolk.

5. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

6. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?
(a) Andrew Cook.
(b) James Cook.
(c) Peter Cook.
(d) Matthew Cook.

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

8. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Measles.

9. Who was the president of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) John A. Andrew.
(b) J. Miller McKim.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Franklin B. Sanborn.

10. 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) 1 month.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 5 months.

11. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman on the condition that she be freed at what age in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

12. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) She was a horse trainer.
(b) She was a baker.
(c) She was a weaver.
(d) She was a teacher.

13. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Tax day.
(b) Issue day.
(c) Arbor day.
(d) Remission day.

14. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 14 cents.
(b) 5 cents.
(c) 9 cents.
(d) 2 cents.

15. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Magna Carta.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

2. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?

4. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

5. 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”?

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