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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much money did Harriet pay to a lawyer to look up all of Old Rit’s masters, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) $8.
(b) $10.
(c) $2.
(d) $5.

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

5. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1855.

6. On what day did two of Harriet’s sisters leave with the chain-gang in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

7. 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.

8. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

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

13. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Beavers.
(b) Fishers.
(c) Muskrats.
(d) Otters.

14. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
(a) April 13, 1743.
(b) September 19, 1749.
(c) March 28, 1760.
(d) January 5, 1732.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the builder that Harriet and her father were hired out to in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

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

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

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

5. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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