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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Fugitive Slave Act enacted in the United States?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1770.

2. The discovery of missing slaves always seemed to happen on what days of the week in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Sundays.

3. How many nights after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender was Abraham Lincoln shot?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 25.

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

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

6. Who was the surgeon in charge of the Contraband Hospital that presented Harriet a certificate in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?
(a) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(b) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(c) Henry K. Durrant.
(d) Stephen Douglas.

7. What did Harriet do when one of the slaves started to turn back on her trip to Canada in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) She called the police.
(b) She told him she’d whip him.
(c) She threatened to shoot him.
(d) She gave him money to return.

8. 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?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Concord, New Hampshire.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

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

10. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) April 3, 1851.
(b) March 11, 1852.
(c) June 22, 1847.
(d) October 14, 1854.

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) “Christmas.”
(b) “Halloween.”
(c) “Fourth of July.”
(d) “Easter.”

12. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?
(a) Bucktown, Maryland.
(b) Cape May, New Jersey.
(c) Schenectady, New York.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

13. Where was John Brown executed?
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Charleston, Virginia.
(c) Cape May, New Jersey.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

14. 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) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(c) General David Hunter.
(d) Dr. Anthony Thompson.

15. What was the name of William Henry Ross’s fiancée that he brought with him on the trip North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Mary Patterson.
(b) Ellen Craft.
(c) Catherine Kane.
(d) Eliza Ann Brodins.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

3. 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?

4. By what name did Harriet refer to Maryland in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

5. What was the reward amount posted on the wanted poster that Harriet and the fugitives discovered in their near-escape in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

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