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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 did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A two-pound weight.
(c) A rock.
(d) A log.

2. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1831.

3. How much did Dr. Thompson say cotton brought per pound in 1837?
(a) 28 cents.
(b) 13 cents.
(c) 22 cents.
(d) 6 cents.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?
(a) The Book of Exodus.
(b) The Book of Zechariah.
(c) The Book of Habakkuk.
(d) The Book of Ezekiel.

5. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. 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”?

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

4. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

5. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was Harriet Tubman born? How does the author illustrate this setting in Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

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

3. 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”?

4. What concerns led Harriet to plan an escape in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Who did she bring with her and why?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What is related in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 5: “Flight”? Who was James Clay?

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