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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?
(a) In Georgia.
(b) In Kentucky.
(c) In Alabama.
(d) In Mississippi.

2. What was the name of Harriet’s sister Mary’s husband?
(a) Charles Nalle.
(b) John Bowley.
(c) Joe Bailey.
(d) William Still.

3. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) A shilling.
(b) Sixpence.
(c) A pound sterling.
(d) A half-shilling

4. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) The Arkansas River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Ohio River.
(d) The Colorado River.

5. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1817-1825.
(b) 1801-1809.
(c) 1793-1801.
(d) 1809-1817.

6. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

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

8. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) John Stewart and Nat Turner.
(b) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.
(c) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.
(d) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.

9. 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) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Arkansas.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?
(a) She stole the master’s fruit.
(b) She thought her prayers killed him.
(c) She killed him while he slept.
(d) She abetted his murder.

14. 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”?
(a) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”
(b) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(c) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”
(d) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”

15. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Bucktown.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Burlington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

2. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

5. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?

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