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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 of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?
(a) Little Rock or Texarkana.
(b) New Orleans or Natchez.
(c) Jackson or Atlanta.
(d) Dallas or Houston.

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

4. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman on the condition that she be freed at what age in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

5. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Otters.
(b) Fishers.
(c) Beavers.
(d) Muskrats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the builder that Harriet and her father were hired out to in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

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”?

5. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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”?

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

8. 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?

9. Who was Edward Brodas? What promise had he made to Harriet Tubman’s parents? What concerned Old Rit about her children in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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

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