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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. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1817-1825.
(b) 1809-1817.
(c) 1801-1809.
(d) 1793-1801.

2. The yellow of Harriet’s quilt is described as being like what flower in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?
(a) The Mecca flower.
(b) The Babylon flower.
(c) The Sunflower.
(d) The Jerusalem flower.

3. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?
(a) The Niagara River.
(b) Big Buckwater River.
(c) The Delaware River.
(d) The Potomac River.

4. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Stealing things.”
(b) “Absolute honesty.”
(c) “Womanizing.”
(d) “Telling stories.”

5. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) William Henry Ross.
(b) William Lloyd Garrison.
(c) George Ticknor Curtis.
(d) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Harriet do housework in the home where she and her father were hired out before asking if she could work with the men in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

2. Where did Harriet Tubman find work as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?

4. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the author describe in her historical note at the end of Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

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