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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Underground Road".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Harriet Greene’s husband?
(a) William Craft.
(b) Thomas Sims.
(c) John Chase.
(d) Benjamin Ross.
2. 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?
(a) The Northern Shore.
(b) The Western Shore.
(c) The Southern Shore.
(d) The Eastern Shore.
3. Denmark Vesey bought his freedom when he was how old, according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) 42.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 33.
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) “Beef ribs.”
(b) “A slice of apple.”
(c) “A piece of pork rind.”
(d) “Stale bread.”
5. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?
(a) Tax day.
(b) Arbor day.
(c) Remission day.
(d) Issue day.
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. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?
3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years,” Denmark Vesey quoted the following from what book in the Old Testament before the resurrection: “Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee”?
4. 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”?
5. On what date was Nat Turner executed?
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