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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) April 1, 1819.
(b) July 4, 1826.
(c) October 31, 1833.
(d) December 25, 1836.

2. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

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

4. What year was it when Harriet Ross began to make a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1832.

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

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

7. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 33.
(b) 42.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

8. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Measles.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

10. On what date was Nat Turner executed?
(a) September 27, 1827.
(b) May 19, 1828.
(c) February 4, 1824.
(d) November 11, 1831.

11. 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) $5.
(b) $2.
(c) $8.
(d) $10.

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

13. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Arkansas River.
(c) The Ohio River.
(d) The Colorado River.

14. What year was it when Harriet Tubman reached Pennsylvania?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1834.

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

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

3. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

4. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

5. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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