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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. Where was The Liberator published?

2. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?

3. What was the chief crop on the Eastern shore at the time when Harriet was hired out in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

4. According to the author in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet,” when Harriet would think of running away, what would stop her?

5. The office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee was located upstairs in what building?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is related in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 5: “Flight”? Who was James Clay?

3. What were the lasting effects of Harriet’s injury in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

4. 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?

5. What ailment did Harriet contract while she was hired out to the Cooks? How did Old Rit respond to Harriet’s condition when she returned to the plantation?

6. When and where was Harriet Tubman born? How does the author illustrate this setting in Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

7. What gifts and/or items did Harriet exchange with the white woman she first met with after fleeing the Brodas plantation in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

8. What stories of runaway slaves did Harriet hear while working at the plantation in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

9. 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”?

10. What does the author describe in the historic note at the end of Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of slavery in the United States. When did the slave trade begin in the Americas? Where were slaves brought from in Africa? When did the concept of abolition arise and who were the main forefathers of this cause? What states had abolished slavery by the time Harriet Ross was born in 1820? Which states had not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Harriet Tubman’s Impact and Influence

a. How many slaves did Harriet Tubman help to escape slavery? What influenced Harriet to return to Maryland and endanger herself in order to help others escape?

b. How did the stories of “Moses,” “Molly Pitcher,” and Harriet Tubman influence the American perspective of slavery? What hope did Harriet Tubman give to other slaves who longed for freedom?

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