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

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

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

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

4. 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) One cord.
(c) Two cords.
(d) Four cords.

5. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) July 4, 1835.
(b) March 26, 1840.
(c) June 14, 1837.
(d) January 1, 1831.

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

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

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

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

10. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?
(a) “Beef ribs.”
(b) “A piece of pork rind.”
(c) “Stale bread.”
(d) “A slice of apple.”

11. Who served as a watchdog and guardian of runaway slaves in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Reverend J.W. Loguen.
(b) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(c) Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(d) Reverend John Rankin.

12. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Spinach.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Tobacco.

13. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?
(a) The Master.
(b) The Prophet.
(c) The Railroadman.
(d) The Devil.

14. 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) Matthew Cook.
(d) Peter Cook.

15. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In her own bedroom.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Harriet Tubman born?

2. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

3. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

4. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

5. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?

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