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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. What was the Canadian government’s reply when Henry Clay made his second plea to make an agreement to return American slaves, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) “We can return the slaves for no less than one million dollars each.”
(b) “All parties have already been given full Canadian citizenship.”
(c) “It is utterly impossible to agree to a stipulation for the surrender of fugitive slaves.”
(d) “The people of Canada are repulsed by the practice of slavery.”

2. What were the names of the two men who helped Denmark Vesey in the resurrection by building homemade pikes?
(a) Henry K. Durrant and George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) Charles Nalle and John A. Andrew.
(c) Peter Poyas and Mingo Harth.
(d) John Chase and William Bailey.

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

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

5. On what date was Nat Turner executed?
(a) September 27, 1827.
(b) February 4, 1824.
(c) November 11, 1831.
(d) May 19, 1828.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?

2. How old was Harriet when “the whispering about freedom increased,” according to the narrator in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

3. Miss Susan returned Harriet to the Brodas plantation, saying that she wasn’t worth what in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?

4. What special day occurred at the end of the month, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old”?

5. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?

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