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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In December of 1860, what state seceded from the Union, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

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

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

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

5. Of what did Harriet think in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes” “did not change a person, did not really matter”?
(a) “Clothes.”
(b) “Education.”
(c) “Religion.”
(d) “Wealth.”

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

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

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

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) $2,600.
(b) $1,750.
(c) $2,250.
(d) $500.

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

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

12. What runaway slave was arrested and going to trial on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) John Tubman.
(b) Nat Turner.
(c) Charles Nalle.
(d) Mingo Harth.

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

14. 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) Schenectady, New York.
(b) Concord, New Hampshire.
(c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Harriet and the fugitives meet when they arrived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

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

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?

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

5. How much money did William R. Hughlett pay for Joe Bailey, according to the author in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

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