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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) New York.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. When was Sarah Hopkins Bradford’s book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman published?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1869.

3. Old Rit and Ben were arguing when Harriet arrived with the wagon in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North” because Old Rit wanted to bring what along?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) Her feather tick.
(c) Her family bible.
(d) A baby goat.

4. In December of 1860, what state seceded from the Union, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

5. What were the names of the strangers from Cambridge who joined the fugitive party led by Harriet going North in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?
(a) J. Miller McKim and Peter Pennington.
(b) Franklin B. Sanborn and Charles Nalle.
(c) John Bowley and J. Miller McKim.
(d) Peter Jackson and John Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Tubman murdered?

2. Where was John Brown executed?

3. What runaway slave was arrested and going to trial on April 27, 1860, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?

4. Of what did Harriet think in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes” “did not change a person, did not really matter”?

5. Harriet Tubman worked a summer where to save her money to go South and persuade John Tubman to join her in the North?

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

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

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

5. What was Harriet’s trip North in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks” more difficult than her previous trips? How did she succeed in crossing the river?

6. Who was Harriet helping escape enslavement in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”? Where did they stay before leaving the plantation?

7. 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?

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

9. 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”?

10. What happened to Jacob Jackson’s letter in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”? How did he respond to the situation?

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