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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Sarah Hopkins Bradford’s book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman published?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1869.

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?
(a) A baby goat.
(b) Her feather tick.
(c) Her family bible.
(d) A rocking chair.

4. Who told Harriet in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform” that he had a letter from Franklin Sanborn relating John Brown’s goal of obtaining recruits in Canada?
(a) John Bowley.
(b) George Ticknor Curtis.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

5. Where did Harriet stop to buy some chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Troy, New York.
(d) Bucktown, Maryland.

6. 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) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Concord, New Hampshire.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

7. 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.

8. 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) Peter Poyas.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) J. Miller McKim.

9. Where did Franklin B. Sanborn ask Harriet to give a lecture when he first met her in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Faneuil Hall.
(b) Jefferson Hall.
(c) Bastille Hall.
(d) Washington Hall.

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) Southern Indiana.
(b) Eastern Virginia.
(c) Western Alabama.
(d) Northern Ohio.

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

12. Where was John Tubman murdered?
(a) Allegany County, Maryland.
(b) Somerset County, Maryland.
(c) Wicomico County, Maryland.
(d) Talbot County, Maryland.

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

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

15. What were the names of the strangers from Cambridge who joined the fugitive party led by Harriet going North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Peter Jackson and John Chase.
(b) J. Miller McKim and Peter Pennington.
(c) Franklin B. Sanborn and Charles Nalle.
(d) John Bowley and J. Miller McKim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Joe Bailey’s brother that escaped with him in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

2. 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”?

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

5. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

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