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

2. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Southampton, Virginia.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) New York, New York.

3. 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) Betelgeuse.
(c) The Southern Cross.
(d) Rigel.

4. Harriet Tubman was approximately how tall?
(a) 5 feet 3 inches.
(b) 5 feet 8 inches.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 6 feet 1 inch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Thomas Jefferson born?

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

3. 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?

4. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

5. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What gifts and/or items did Harriet exchange with the white woman she first met with after fleeing the Brodas plantation in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

6. How did the Fugitive Slave Law affect Harriet in her plight to rescue slaves, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

7. Where did Harriet go when she ran away in Chapter 5: “Flight”? How long was she gone and why did she return?

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

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

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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