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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did Harriet stay with her first job as a cook in Philadelphia in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 1 year.

2. What year was it when Harriet Tubman visited the office of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1842.

3. What ailment did Harriet contract while working for the Cooks in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Measles.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Smallpox.

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

5. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he died?
(a) 59.
(b) 64.
(c) 76.
(d) 83.

6. How old was Harriet when her father told her “Hat, you walk like a Injun” in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

7. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(b) William Henry Ross.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) George Ticknor Curtis.

8. What year was it when the woman wearing the faded sunbonnet stopped and spoke to Harriet in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1842.

9. How many rooms comprised the cabins in the slave quarters where Harriet Tubman was born?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

10. How much wood did Harriet usually cut per day as a part of her father’s team in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?
(a) Four cords.
(b) One cord.
(c) Two cords.
(d) Half a cord.

11. One of Maryland’s boundaries is a river. What was this river called?
(a) Big Buckwater River.
(b) The Potomac River.
(c) The Delaware River.
(d) The Niagara River.

12. In what year did Henry Clay make a second plea to the government of Canada, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Flight”?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1844.

13. What year was it that Harriet started wearing a bandana, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1824.

14. Where was The Liberator published?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Southampton, Virginia.

15. How many of her brothers did Harriet convince to flee with her in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

2. What did Mr. Cook have his traps set for in Chapter 4: “Hired Out”?

3. In what county was Harriet Tubman born?

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

5. How many slaves were hung along with Denmark Vesey for plotting the insurrection, according to the author in Chapter 2: “The First Years”?

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