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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tobacco.
(c) Apples.
(d) Potatoes.

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

3. How much did Dr. Thompson say cotton brought per pound in 1837?
(a) 6 cents.
(b) 28 cents.
(c) 22 cents.
(d) 13 cents.

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

5. The slave that ran away while the others were shucking corn in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn” belonged to whom?
(a) Mr. Barrett.
(b) Mr. Douglas.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Mr. Sims.

6. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) John Bowley.
(b) Theodore Parker.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Henry Clay.

7. 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) Four cords.
(d) Two cords.

8. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Arbor day.
(b) Remission day.
(c) Issue day.
(d) Tax day.

9. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) Eliza Ann Brodins.
(b) Catherine Kane.
(c) Ellen Craft.
(d) Mary Patterson.

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

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

12. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Madison County.
(b) Talbot County.
(c) Dorchester County.
(d) Washington County.

13. Harriet Tubman was approximately how tall?
(a) 5 feet 3 inches.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 6 feet 1 inch.
(d) 5 feet 8 inches.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

2. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman 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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