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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 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) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(d) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.

2. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 64.
(b) 83.
(c) 76.
(d) 59.

3. Why did Harriet feel guilty after the death of Edward Brodas?
(a) She thought her prayers killed him.
(b) She stole the master’s fruit.
(c) She killed him while he slept.
(d) She abetted his murder.

4. Who was the president of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee when Harriet first visited it in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) John A. Andrew.
(b) Jacob Jackson.
(c) J. Miller McKim.
(d) Franklin B. Sanborn.

5. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The preacher.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The trader.
(d) The Sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. How many siblings did Harriet Tubman have in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

4. Tice Davids was a slave that ran away from his owner where?

5. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

Short Essay Questions

1. By what name was Harriet Tubman called as a child? Who cared for Harriet in her first years, as described by the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

2. What stories of runaway slaves did Harriet hear while working at the plantation in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

3. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?

4. Why was Harriet sewing a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”? What year did she begin her quilt?

5. 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”?

6. What does the author describe in the historic note at the end of Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

7. To whom was Harriet hired out in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”? What were her job duties at this home?

8. How did the Fugitive Slave Law affect Harriet in her plight to rescue slaves, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

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

10. What led to Harriet’s first return trip to Maryland in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

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