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

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”?
(a) The North Star.
(b) Rigel.
(c) Betelgeuse.
(d) The Southern Cross.

3. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Bucktown.
(c) Burlington.
(d) Charleston.

4. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. On what date was the antislavery newspaper The Liberator first published?
(a) July 4, 1835.
(b) June 14, 1837.
(c) January 1, 1831.
(d) March 26, 1840.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

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

3. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?

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

5. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What does the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt” describe?

8. What principle job did Harriet have while she was hired out at the Cook home in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”? How did Harriet feel about the work?

9. During what gathering did one of the slaves attempt escape in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”? Where did he run?

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

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