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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(d) John Chase and William Bailey.

2. In what county does the author describe parties at the big plantations during harvest time in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) Jefferson County.
(b) Trinity County.
(c) Talbot County.
(d) Dorchester County.

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

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

5. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) A church.
(b) An army base.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A hotel.

6. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Stealing things.”
(b) “Telling stories.”
(c) “Absolute honesty.”
(d) “Womanizing.”

7. 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) “A piece of pork rind.”
(b) “Beef ribs.”
(c) “A slice of apple.”
(d) “Stale bread.”

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

9. Harriet was how old in the summer of 1826?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

11. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

12. What food did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Cornbread and pickled eggs.
(b) Ashcake and salt herring.
(c) Smoked catfish and gingerbread.
(d) Pretzels and cheese.

13. 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) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

2. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?

3. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

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

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?

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