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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Hired Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?
(a) Austin Woodfolk’s.
(b) Edward Brodas’s.
(c) John Bowley’s.
(d) Theodore Parker’s.

4. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Tax day.
(b) Remission day.
(c) Issue day.
(d) Arbor day.

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) John Bowley.
(b) Theodore Parker.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Jacob Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?

2. On what date did Thomas Jefferson die, according to the author’s notes in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

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

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 1: “The Quarter,” Chesapeake Bay forms the western boundary of the section of Maryland that is sometimes called what?

5. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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