View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in the text refers to the movement to end slavery?
(a) Abolitionism.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Gentrification.
(d) Suffrage.

2. The discovery of missing slaves always seemed to happen on what days of the week in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

3. William Still supplied Harriet with money and sent her and the refugees on to what city in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) Schenectady, New York.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Burlington, New Jersey.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

4. What did John Brown call himself when Harriet visited with him in Boston in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(c) General David Hunter.
(d) General Gilmore.

5. Where was Harriet working in June of 1857, according to the author in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Troy, New York.
(b) Bucktown, Maryland.
(c) Charleston, Virginia.
(d) Cape May, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When recalling her patchwork quilt in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North,” Harriet realized that it had been what to her?

2. What “handsome black-haired Senator from Illinois” was trying to persuade the Senate to repeal the slavery restriction clause in 1854, according to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

3. What month was it that Harriet was leading the fugitives to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?

4. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

5. How many slaves were in the party that Harriet planned to take to Canada in the beginning of Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What letter of Reverend Theodore Parker’s is described in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

2. What happened to the abolitionists who helped the slave named Jerry, according to the author’s historical note in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

3. What rumors does the author describe of the figure called “Moses” in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

4. What did Harriet discover when she arrived at John Tubman’s cabin in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

5. When was John Brown hanged? What is noted about his execution in the author’s historical note in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 886 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample