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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 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 told him she’d whip him.
(c) She threatened to shoot him.
(d) She gave him money to return.

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

3. When was the Fugitive Slave Act enacted in the United States?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1860.

4. When was Thomas Sims arrested, according to the author in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?
(a) April 3, 1851.
(b) October 14, 1854.
(c) June 22, 1847.
(d) March 11, 1852.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It was December of what year that Harriet Tubman set out with the band of fugitives she planned to take to Canada in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

3. Where did Franklin B. Sanborn ask Harriet to give a lecture when he first met her in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

4. Benjamin and John Ross worked for whom in Bucktown in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

5. Where was John Tubman murdered?

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

3. 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?

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

6. What causes did Harriet Tubman work toward in her later life, according to the author in Chapter 22: “The Last Years”?

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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