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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 date is listed on the wanted poster that opens "The North"?
(a) December 23.
(b) September 12.
(c) June 17.
(d) July 4.

2. When Sam fled South Carolina, he took a ship headed where?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New Jersey.

3. Ridgeway takes a detour in Tennessee because they encounter a town that is quarantined as a result of what disease?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Black plague.

4. What is the approximate age given for the escaped slave on the reward notice in "Indiana"?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 28.
(d) 19.

5. Who is the slave girl described in the wanted ad that opens "The North"?
(a) Ajarry.
(b) Cora.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the pit-master Jimmy's father from?

2. At what age did Martin leave North Carolina for a job in a shipping office?

3. How old was Mabel when Grayson arrived at the plantation?

4. What is the name of Valentine's eldest son?

5. Who shoots Jasper in "Tennessee"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the allusions to Gulliver's Travels in The Underground Railroad?

2. Who are Ridgeway's assistants and how are they described?

3. What is "Manifest Destiny" and how is it discussed in the novel?

4. How are the fall festival activiities described at Valentine farm?

5. What gift does Royal give to Cora in "Indiana"? Why is this significant?

6. What happens when Cora is discovered in the home of the Wells?

7. How is Cora's relationship with Royal illustrated in "Indiana"?

8. How does Cora make her way outside of the Underground Railroad in "The North"?

9. What happens during the ambush at Ridgeway's wagon in "Tennessee"?

10. How is Valentine farm described? Where is it located?

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