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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did William and Ellen Craft go after arriving in Philadelphia, according to Harriet’s story in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

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

4. 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”?
(a) $500.
(b) $2,250.
(c) $2,600.
(d) $1,750.

5. Where did Harriet and her fugitive group stop to spend a night and part of the day as they made their way North in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) Capetown.
(b) Clamtown.
(c) Middletown.
(d) Bucktown.

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

7. 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”?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Peter.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jack.

8. Where was Harriet Tubman on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Troy, New York.
(c) Burlington, New Jersey.
(d) Cape May, New Jersey.

9. What word in the text refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Abolitionism.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Gentrification.
(d) Suffrage.

10. According to the records taken in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers,” John Ross had left behind his wife whose name was what?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Betty Lou.
(c) Mary.
(d) Harriet Ann.

11. Who was elected President of the Confederacy in 1861?
(a) Reverend John Rankin.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Jefferson Davis.

12. 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) Melissa Ann.
(b) Dollie Mae.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Mary Beth.

13. What place did Harriet tell her father about in Canada in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) St. Catharines.
(b) Burlington.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Schenectady.

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

15. 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) Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) J. Miller McKim.
(d) Peter Poyas.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname was Harriet Tubman called by many in 1858, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

2. Franklin Pierce was a United States President during what years?

3. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

4. Who said in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks,” “I’ll wade no freezin’ water for no crazy woman”?

5. What was Millard Fillmore’s title when he received a letter from Reverend Theodore Parker in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

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