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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was it when Harriet Tubman reached Pennsylvania?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1834.

2. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1834.

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

4. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1835.

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

6. 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) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

7. 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) Matthew Cook.
(c) Peter Cook.
(d) James Cook.

8. Who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas died?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) William Craft.

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

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

11. Who told Harriet that Edward Brodas had died in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Peter Pennington.
(b) Old Rit.
(c) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(d) William Craft.

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

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

14. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Minta.
(b) Ella.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Tito.

15. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?
(a) The Delaware River.
(b) Big Buckwater River.
(c) The Niagara River.
(d) The Potomac River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who served as a watchdog and guardian of runaway slaves in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?

3. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

4. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?

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

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