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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. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1857.

2. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

3. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Ella.
(c) Tito.
(d) Minta.

4. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her quilt.
(c) Her necklace.
(d) Her shoes.

5. What Secretary of State was persuaded in 1826 to ask the Canadian government to work out a plan to return runaway slaves to their owners?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Theodore Parker.

Short Answer Questions

1. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?

3. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

4. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

5. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Harriet become injured in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”? How badly was she injured?

2. What news influenced Harriet’s second attempt at fleeing in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Where did she go?

3. What did Harriet discover when she paid a lawyer to look into the details of Old Rit’s former masters in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

4. Where did Harriet go when she ran away in Chapter 5: “Flight”? How long was she gone and why did she return?

5. 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”?

6. What gifts and/or items did Harriet exchange with the white woman she first met with after fleeing the Brodas plantation in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

7. How does the author describe the Christmas season in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”? What were Harriet’s thoughts on this holiday?

8. What does the author describe in her historical note at the end of Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

9. What events does the author describe in the historical notes at the end of Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

10. What does “manumission” refer to? How did manumission give hope to the slaves on the plantations during Harriet’s childhood?

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