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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) 14.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

2. What was Mrs. Cook’s profession in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) She was a horse trainer.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a baker.
(d) She was a weaver.

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?
(a) “A piece of pork rind.”
(b) “A slice of apple.”
(c) “Beef ribs.”
(d) “Stale bread.”

5. Where did Denmark Vesey and his followers plan to kill all of the white people, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) Schenectady, New York.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Bucktown, Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

2. Where did Harriet sleep in the Cooks’ house in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. Who does Old Rit say is in Cambridge staying at the tavern in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

4. Where was The Liberator published?

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

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