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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 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) Ellen Craft.
(b) Mary Patterson.
(c) Eliza Ann Brodins.
(d) Catherine Kane.

2. When did William Still publish the book of slaves’ records in The Underground Railroad?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1845.

3. According to the author in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board,” it was “common talk in the cabins that [Harriet’s brothers] had been sold and were to go South with the chain gang the day after” what?
(a) “Christmas.”
(b) “Halloween.”
(c) “Fourth of July.”
(d) “Easter.”

4. Harriet told the slave refugees that William Garrett would give everyone what when they arrived in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Water.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Bread.

5. By what nickname was Harriet Tubman called by many in 1858, according to the author in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?
(a) Priscilla Hutchins.
(b) Annie Wagner.
(c) Jenny Rodgers.
(d) Molly Pitcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Shadrach was arrested in Boston on what date and charged with being a fugitive slave?

3. Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

4. Where was Harriet Tubman on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?

5. When was Sarah Hopkins Bradford’s book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 party of fugitives stop in Pennsylvania in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”? Why?

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

6. 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?

7. Where did Harriet take the fleeing fugitive slaves she accompanied in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”? How did she travel?

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

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

10. Whom did Harriet Tubman marry later in life? Where did she live with her husband? How does the author describe Harriet’s death in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?

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