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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

2. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

3. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?

4. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe in her historical note at the end of Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

2. Who was Edward Brodas? What promise had he made to Harriet Tubman’s parents? What concerned Old Rit about her children in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. Where was Harriet living in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”? What was her assigned work duty? How did she feel about it?

4. What news influenced Harriet’s second attempt at fleeing in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Where did she go?

5. Where did Harriet Tubman work in Pennsylvania after her escape from slavery in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”? Who did she meet there?

6. What does the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt” describe?

7. What important skills did Old Ben teach Harriet in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

8. How does the author describe Harriet’s acquisition of knowledge by the time she was six in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”? From whom did she gain this knowledge?

9. What does “manumission” refer to? How did manumission give hope to the slaves on the plantations during Harriet’s childhood?

10. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Harriet’s attempt to run away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight.” What had Harriet hoped to accomplish when she first ran? Why did she return? What did she learn from this experience?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the figure of Miss Susan and Harriet’s duties within Miss Susan’s home. How did Harriet feel about this home in comparison to the Cooks’? Who attempted to stand up for Harriet? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Harriet’s impressions of the runaway slave in Part 7: “Shuck this Corn.” What made this man stand out to Harriet prior to his actual escape? How did the event shape Harriet’s thoughts on the possibility of fleeing slavery?

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