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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 did Harriet and the fugitives meet when they arrived in Syracuse, New York, in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(b) Reverend J.W. Loguen.
(c) Reverend Theodore Parker.
(d) General David Hunter.

2. How old was John Chase described as in the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) 29.
(b) 20.
(c) 36.
(d) 17.

3. Where did William and Ellen Craft go after arriving in Philadelphia, according to Harriet’s story in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

4. The escaped slave that Harriet helped flee from the courthouse in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army” was driven rapidly to what location before he went on to the West?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Concord, New Hampshire.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

5. Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Denmark Vesey.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) J. Miller McKim.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reverend Theodore Parker was elected chairman of what committee in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

2. Who in Harriet’s fugitive party was able to read and read the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?

3. Benjamin Ross was described in the records as being how old in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

4. Who did Harriet describe as “the most famous of the escaped slaves” in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

5. Harriet had not seen her father for how many years when she and her brothers stayed in the fodder house by their cabin in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Harriet maintain the motivations of the refugee slaves in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

2. What was Harriet’s objective in returning to Maryland in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”? How did she remit word that she would be arriving?

3. What slave story does the author relate that took place in Boston in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

4. Where did Harriet and her group of fugitives stay in Rochester, New York, according to the author in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”? How long was their journey into Canada?

5. What was Harriet’s principle reason for returning to Maryland in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”? What does the title of the chapter refer to?

6. What was the first obstacle that Harriet met on her journey North with refugees in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

7. In what capacity did Harriet serve the Union Army during the Civil War?

8. What slave story does the author relate in her historical note at the end of Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

9. How had Harriet’s route changed in her journeys along the Underground Railroad in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”? Why?

10. Where did Harriet and her party of fugitives stop in Pennsylvania in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”? Why?

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