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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cape May, New Jersey.
(c) Charleston, Virginia.
(d) Bucktown, Maryland.

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

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

4. On what date did Reverend Theodore Parker write a letter to Millard Fillmore in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) November 21, 1850.
(b) April 28, 1856.
(c) June 3, 1846.
(d) August 7, 1852.

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

6. 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) Jefferson Davis.
(b) John A. Andrew.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Joe Bailey.

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

8. 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) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) General Gilmore.
(d) General David Hunter.

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

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

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

12. 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) Meadowlarks.
(b) Whippoorwills.
(c) Robins.
(d) Scrub jays.

13. The letter that Harriet carried and was dated July 6, 1863, was from Colonel Montgomery to whom, in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) General Gilmore.
(d) Charles Nalle.

14. What was Millard Fillmore’s title when he received a letter from Reverend Theodore Parker in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) Governor of Virginia.
(b) Mayor of Boston.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) Vice President of the United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what did Harriet think in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes” “did not change a person, did not really matter”?

3. Reverend Theodore Parker was elected chairman of what committee in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

4. 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”?

5. On what date was John Brown executed?

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