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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Shuck This Corn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harriet was how old in the summer of 1826?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

2. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In her own bedroom.

3. What name was Harriet Tubman called as a child?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Minta.
(c) Tito.
(d) Ella.

4. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Muskrats.
(b) Fishers.
(c) Beavers.
(d) Otters.

5. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) October 31, 1833.
(b) April 1, 1819.
(c) July 4, 1826.
(d) December 25, 1836.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?

2. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Flight,” the chain gang walked down a “long, terrible road that ended” where?

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

(see the answer key)

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