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

2. 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 teacher.
(d) She was a horse trainer.

3. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?
(a) Her love for the Master.
(b) Her head injury.
(c) Her dignity.
(d) Her feelings of insecurity.

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

5. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) Benjamin Ross.
(b) Thomas Sims.
(c) John Chase.
(d) William Craft.

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

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

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

9. 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) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 45.

10. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 59.
(b) 76.
(c) 83.
(d) 64.

11. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Sunflower.
(b) The Mecca flower.
(c) The Babylon flower.
(d) The Jerusalem flower.

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

13. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) William Henry Ross.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) George Ticknor Curtis.

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

15. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?
(a) Dallas or Houston.
(b) New Orleans or Natchez.
(c) Little Rock or Texarkana.
(d) Jackson or Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?

2. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

3. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

4. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

5. How much was cotton bringing in per pound in 1845, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

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