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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 is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) Betelgeuse.
(b) The North Star.
(c) Rigel.
(d) The Southern Cross.

2. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

3. Who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas died?
(a) William Craft.
(b) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) Dr. Anthony Thompson.

4. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?
(a) James Cook.
(b) Matthew Cook.
(c) Peter Cook.
(d) Andrew Cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

2. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?

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. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Where did Harriet Tubman work in Pennsylvania after her escape from slavery in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”? Who did she meet there?

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

6. Who was Denmark Vesey? What event related to Denmark Vesey occurred when Harriet Tubman was two years old?

7. What were the lasting effects of Harriet’s injury in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

8. 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”?

9. Who was Harriet hired out to after Old Rit had nursed her back to health in Chapter 5: “Flight”? How does the author describe Harriet’s treatment at this home?

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

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