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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 Sheriff.
(c) The trader.
(d) The preacher.

2. In what year was Thomas Sims sent to Vicksburg, where the Federal Army was besieging the city?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1852.

3. What is described in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old” as “the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as other stars appeared to do”?
(a) Rigel.
(b) The North Star.
(c) The Southern Cross.
(d) Betelgeuse.

4. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1844.

5. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States during what years?
(a) 1793-1801.
(b) 1817-1825.
(c) 1809-1817.
(d) 1801-1809.

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 Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

3. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?

4. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?

5. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?

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