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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Dr. Thompson.
(b) John Campbell Henry.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Charles Nalle.

2. Harriet Tubman returned to Dorchester County in the spring of what year in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1847.

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

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

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

6. Who said in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks,” “I’ll wade no freezin’ water for no crazy woman”?
(a) William Still.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Peter Pennington.
(d) Theodore Parker.

7. Harriet told the fugitives about William and Ellen Craft escaping from where in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Columbia, South Carolina.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Huntsville, Alabama.

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

9. 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) $1,750.
(d) $2,600.

10. Harriet Tubman was present when who was inaugurated as Governor of Massachusetts in January of 1861?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) John A. Andrew.

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

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

13. By what nickname was Harriet Tubman called by many in 1858, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Priscilla Hutchins.
(b) Jenny Rodgers.
(c) Molly Pitcher.
(d) Annie Wagner.

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

15. 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) Middletown.
(c) Bucktown.
(d) Clamtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sarah Hopkins Bradford’s book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman published?

2. Where was John Tubman murdered?

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

4. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?

5. 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”?

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