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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. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 22.
(b) 41.
(c) 34.
(d) 15.

2. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1844.

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

4. On what day did two of Harriet’s sisters leave with the chain-gang in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

5. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Harriet Ross married to John Tubman?

2. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. The woman who came looking for a young female slave to hire out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out” was married to whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Harriet’s acquisition of knowledge by the time she was six in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”? From whom did she gain this knowledge?

2. 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”?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where was Harriet living in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”? What was her assigned work duty? How did she feel about it?

10. 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?

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