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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) Henry Clay.
(b) Peter Pennington.
(c) William Still.
(d) Theodore Parker.

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

3. 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) Peter Poyas.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Reverend Samuel Cornish.

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

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) Bucktown.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Clamtown.
(d) Middletown.

6. 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) Dr. Thompson.
(c) Charles Nalle.
(d) Captain Smith.

7. 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) Harriet Ann.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Betty Lou.

8. 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?
(a) Robins.
(b) Scrub jays.
(c) Whippoorwills.
(d) Meadowlarks.

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

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

11. Who had written the document dated February 19, 1863, which read, “Pass the bearer, Harriet Tubman, to Beaufort and back to this place, and wherever she wishes to go; and give her free passage at all times, on all Government transports”?
(a) Henry K. Durrant.
(b) General Gilmore.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) General David Hunter.

12. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) December.

13. 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.

14. Reverend Theodore Parker was elected chairman of what committee in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) The Executive Committee of the Boston Vigilance Committee.
(b) The Committee for Universal Equality.
(c) The Free Men’s Liberation Committee.
(d) The Committee of the Emancipation Proclamation.

15. How old was John Chase described as in the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) 29.
(b) 36.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shadrach was arrested in Boston on what date and charged with being a fugitive slave?

2. What did John Brown call himself when Harriet visited with him in Boston in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

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”?

4. When was the Fugitive Slave Act enacted in the United States?

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

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