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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: "The Legend of Moses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) The Governor.
(b) The trader.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The preacher.

2. When was Thomas Jefferson born?
(a) September 19, 1749.
(b) March 28, 1760.
(c) January 5, 1732.
(d) April 13, 1743.

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

4. What two African Americans began to publish Freedom’s Journal, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) Frederick Douglass and William Henry Ross.
(b) John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish.
(c) John Stewart and Nat Turner.
(d) Thomas Sims and John Bowley.

5. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?
(a) “Absolute honesty.”
(b) “Womanizing.”
(c) “Stealing things.”
(d) “Telling stories.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben said to Old Rit in Chapter 5: “Flight” that the Master had begun selling his big timber to whom?

2. What was the name of Harriet’s sister that worked in the Big House in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

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

4. Shadrach was arrested in Boston on what date and charged with being a fugitive slave?

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

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