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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) Betty Lou.
(c) Mary.
(d) Rebecca.

3. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 15.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

4. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1852.

5. Harriet told the fugitive slaves in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada” that William Garrett was of what religion?
(a) He was a Methodist.
(b) He was a Catholic.
(c) He was a Baptist.
(d) He was a Quaker.

6. Harriet told the slave refugees that William Garrett would give everyone what when they arrived in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Bread.
(c) Water.
(d) Blankets.

7. 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) General Gilmore.
(b) Henry K. Durrant.
(c) General David Hunter.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

9. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?
(a) George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) Thomas Sims.
(c) Peter Jackson.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

10. Who had won the Republican nomination for the presidential election in 1860?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

11. Thomas Sims was ordered to be returned to his owner where, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

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

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

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

15. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Southampton, Virginia.
(d) Burlington, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harriet go to rest and see her parents in the spring of 1864?

2. The letter that Harriet carried and was dated July 6, 1863, was from Colonel Montgomery to whom, in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?

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

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”?

5. How many slaves were in the party that Harriet planned to take to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

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