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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Franklin Pierce was a United States President during what years?
(a) 1849-1853.
(b) 1845-1849.
(c) 1853-1857.
(d) 1857-1861.

2. Old Rit and Ben were arguing when Harriet arrived with the wagon in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North” because Old Rit wanted to bring what along?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) Her feather tick.
(c) A baby goat.
(d) Her family bible.

3. It was December of what year that Harriet Tubman set out with the band of fugitives she planned to take to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1847.

4. 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.

5. Who was John Chase’s master, according to the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Theodore Parker.
(c) William Craft.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

6. Harriet had not seen her father for how many years when she and her brothers stayed in the fodder house by their cabin in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

7. Harriet asked a friend to write a cryptic letter to what free negro that lived near the plantation where her brothers were in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Joe Bailey.
(b) John A. Andrew.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Jacob Jackson.

8. Where did Franklin B. Sanborn ask Harriet to give a lecture when he first met her in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Bastille Hall.
(b) Faneuil Hall.
(c) Washington Hall.
(d) Jefferson Hall.

9. Harriet Tubman was present when who was inaugurated as Governor of Massachusetts in January of 1861?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) John A. Andrew.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

10. 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) 1850.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1854.

11. When recalling her patchwork quilt in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North,” Harriet realized that it had been what to her?
(a) The quilt of justice.
(b) Destiny’s quilt.
(c) God’s quilt.
(d) Freedom’s quilt.

12. What friend of Harriet’s did she consider lived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Jarm Loguen.
(b) William Penn.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Thomas Garrett.

13. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) John Campbell Henry.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Charles Nalle.
(d) Dr. Thompson.

14. Where was Harriet visiting friends on October 17, 1859, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) New York.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Connecticut.

15. Benjamin Ross was described in the records as being how old in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) 28.
(b) 35.
(c) 43.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Old Ben was being questioned by the master because what slave had said that Ben helped him, and then returned to his master Barrett in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

2. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

3. Who was elected President of the Confederacy in 1861?

4. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?

5. According to the records taken in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers,” John Ross had left behind his wife whose name was what?

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