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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. Where was Harriet visiting friends on October 17, 1859, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Delaware.

2. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?
(a) Cape May, New Jersey.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Bucktown, Maryland.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

3. What was the name of William Henry Ross’s fiancée that he brought with him on the trip North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) Eliza Ann Brodins.
(b) Catherine Kane.
(c) Ellen Craft.
(d) Mary Patterson.

4. Who was the surgeon in charge of the Contraband Hospital that presented Harriet a certificate in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?
(a) Henry K. Durrant.
(b) Dr. Anthony Thompson.
(c) Franklin B. Sanborn.
(d) Stephen Douglas.

5. What did Harriet do when one of the slaves started to turn back on her trip to Canada in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”?
(a) She called the police.
(b) She threatened to shoot him.
(c) She told him she’d whip him.
(d) She gave him money to return.

Short Answer Questions

1. Old Ben was being questioned by the master because what slave had said that Ben helped him, and then returned to his master Barrett in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?

2. Where was John Tubman murdered?

3. Who told Harriet in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform” that he had a letter from Franklin Sanborn relating John Brown’s goal of obtaining recruits in Canada?

4. Who had written the document dated February 19, 1863, which read, “Pass the bearer, Harriet Tubman, to Beaufort and back to this place, and wherever she wishes to go; and give her free passage at all times, on all Government transports”?

5. Who was John Chase’s master, according to the records in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to Maryland between 1851 and 1857, according to the author in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”? Who was she rescuing in November of 1856?

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

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

4. What speech of Abraham Lincoln’s is described in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?

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. How did Harriet maintain the motivations of the refugee slaves 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. At whose urging did Harriet begin speaking publicly, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”? When and where did this occur?

10. Describe Old Ben’s actions and objectives in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers.” Why did Old Ben refuse to look at his children?

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