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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: 1842-1897.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who employs Harriet when she returns to New York looking for work?
(a) The Kerrigan family.
(b) A Baptist church.
(c) The Willis family.
(d) A library.

2. In what year does Harriet's brother, John, die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1870.

3. What do Dr. Norcom and James do when they realize Harriet is missing?
(a) Send out a posse.
(b) Search ships.
(c) Send the dogs to track her scent.
(d) Set traps for her.

4. What problem does Harriet have with her legs due to her confinement for so many years?
(a) There is no muscle tone anymore.
(b) They swell if she walks too much.
(c) She has no feeling in them.
(d) There are big ulcers on them.

5. Louisa was active in which of the following organizations?
(a) The American Red Cross.
(b) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(c) The W.E.B. DuBois Society.
(d) The National Association of Colored Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph do when he leaves his apprenticeship?

2. Why is Harriet scared when she learns that John has escaped in the North?

3. Who is Harriet's owner?

4. What is placed on Miss Horniblow's eyelids after she dies?

5. Into which state can free Negroes not enter?

(see the answer key)

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