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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks,” “I’ll wade no freezin’ water for no crazy woman”?
(a) William Still.
(b) Peter Pennington.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Theodore Parker.

2. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

3. Where did Levi Coffin operate the busiest branch of the Underground Railroad, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Western Alabama.
(b) Southern Indiana.
(c) Northern Ohio.
(d) Eastern Virginia.

4. Harriet told the fugitives about William and Ellen Craft escaping from where in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Columbia, South Carolina.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Huntsville, Alabama.

5. What was the name of John Tubman’s new wife when Harriet returned for him in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Mary.
(d) Caroline.

6. To whom did Thomas Garrett send a letter in Philadelphia to let him know that Harriet and the fugitives were on their way in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) J. Miller McKim.
(b) Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(c) Peter Poyas.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

7. Who did Harriet and the fugitives meet when they arrived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Reverend J.W. Loguen.
(b) General David Hunter.
(c) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(d) Reverend Theodore Parker.

8. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) William Still.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Joe Bailey.

9. It was the fall of what year that “Harriet Tubman began to feel uneasy about three of her brothers” that were still on the plantation in Maryland in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1857.

10. What was the name of the horse that Harriet stole in order to help her parents flee in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Melissa Ann.
(c) Mary Beth.
(d) Dollie Mae.

11. According to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board,” it was “common talk in the cabins that [Harriet’s brothers] had been sold and were to go South with the chain gang the day after” what?
(a) “Fourth of July.”
(b) “Easter.”
(c) “Halloween.”
(d) “Christmas.”

12. Who did Harriet describe as “the most famous of the escaped slaves” in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) William Bailey.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) John Tubman.
(d) William Henry Ross.

13. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Southampton, Virginia.
(c) Burlington, New Jersey.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

14. What were the names of the strangers from Cambridge who joined the fugitive party led by Harriet going North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn and Charles Nalle.
(b) John Bowley and J. Miller McKim.
(c) Peter Jackson and John Chase.
(d) J. Miller McKim and Peter Pennington.

15. Where was Harriet working in June of 1857, according to the author in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Cape May, New Jersey.
(b) Charleston, Virginia.
(c) Bucktown, Maryland.
(d) Troy, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nights after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender was Abraham Lincoln shot?

2. As the legends of Moses spread through Dorchester and Caroline Counties, the overseers and masters would discover slaves missing, but they claimed that nothing out of the usual had occurred except for hearing the out-of-season call of what bird?

3. What friend of Harriet’s did she consider lived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

4. The escaped slave that Harriet helped flee from the courthouse in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army” was driven rapidly to what location before he went on to the West?

5. How much money’s worth of “flesh and bone and muscle that belonged to Maryland planters” does the author say Harriet was smuggling to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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