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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Talbot County.
(b) Dorchester County.
(c) Madison County.
(d) Washington County.
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?
(a) The Northern Shore.
(b) The Southern Shore.
(c) The Western Shore.
(d) The Eastern Shore.
3. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) John Chase and William Bailey.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(d) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
4. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) William Craft.
(b) Benjamin Ross.
(c) Thomas Sims.
(d) John Chase.
5. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Wilmington.
(c) Bucktown.
(d) Burlington.
Short Answer Questions
1. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named what in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
2. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
3. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?
5. What was the name of Harriet’s sister Mary’s husband?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Harriet respond to the death of Edward Brodas in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”? Why did she respond in this way?
2. Who was Edward Brodas? What promise had he made to Harriet Tubman’s parents? What concerned Old Rit about her children in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
3. What were the lasting effects of Harriet’s injury in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
4. What principle job did Harriet have while she was hired out at the Cook home in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”? How did Harriet feel about the work?
5. Who was Denmark Vesey? What event related to Denmark Vesey occurred when Harriet Tubman was two years old?
6. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?
7. What events does the author describe in the historical notes at the end of Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?
8. What stories of runaway slaves did Harriet hear while working at the plantation in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
9. What does the author describe in the historic note at the end of Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
10. What ailment did Harriet contract while she was hired out to the Cooks? How did Old Rit respond to Harriet’s condition when she returned to the plantation?
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