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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "Minta Becomes Harriet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of Nat Turner?
(a) The Master.
(b) The Railroadman.
(c) The Prophet.
(d) The Devil.

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

3. Nat Turner was a slave where, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

4. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) Fawntown.
(b) Bucktown.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Hawktown.

5. When Harriet ran away from Miss Susan in Chapter 5: “Flight” she stayed in a pigpen from Friday until when?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing Benjamin Ross, the narrator says in Chapter 3: “Six Years Old,” “All through the plantation, from the Big House to the stables, to the fields, he had a reputation for” what?

2. What did the overseer throw at the runaway slave but instead hit Harriet with it in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”?

3. What was the name of Miss Susan’s visiting sister in Chapter 5: “Flight”?

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

5. On whose plantation was Harriet Tubman born?

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