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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who passed Harriet Tubman in a wagon as she walked down the road with the chickens in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”?
(a) Dr. Thompson.
(b) Charles Nalle.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) John Campbell Henry.

2. What place did Harriet tell her father about in Canada in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?
(a) St. Catharines.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Burlington.
(d) Schenectady.

3. Who was the one woman in the group of fugitives that Harriet was helping North in November of 1856 in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) Ellen Craft.
(b) Eliza Nokey.
(c) Mary Patterson.
(d) Catherine Kane.

4. Where was John Brown executed?
(a) Macon, Georgia.
(b) Charleston, Virginia.
(c) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(d) Cape May, New Jersey.

5. Approximately how old was Peter Pennington described as in the wanted poster in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benjamin Ross was described in the records as being how old in Chapter 17: “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers”?

2. Where did Levi Coffin operate the busiest branch of the Underground Railroad, according to the author in Chapter 21: “With the Union Army”?

3. Who was the United States Commissioner who presided at Thomas Sims’s hearing?

4. What did Harriet describe drugging the twin babies with when she led a group of fugitives North in her lecture in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

5. Benjamin and John Ross worked for whom in Bucktown in Chapter 16: “Be Ready to Step on Board”?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was John Brown hanged? What is noted about his execution in the author’s historical note in Chapter 20: “The Lecture Platform”?

2. How had Harriet’s route changed in her journeys along the Underground Railroad in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”? Why?

3. What did Harriet discover when she arrived at John Tubman’s cabin in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

4. How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to Maryland between 1851 and 1857, according to the author in Chapter 18: “A Wagon Load of Bricks”? Who was she rescuing in November of 1856?

5. What was Harriet’s principle reason for returning to Maryland in Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”? What does the title of the chapter refer to?

6. Where did Harriet and her group of fugitives stay in Rochester, New York, according to the author in Chapter 15: “Go On or Die”? How long was their journey into Canada?

7. Who was Harriet going to rescue in Chapter 19: “The Old Folks Go North”? How did she disguise herself?

8. What slave story does the author relate that took place in Boston in Chapter 13: “The Legend of Moses”?

9. What was the first obstacle that Harriet met on her journey North with refugees in Chapter 14: “The Railroad Runs to Canada”?

10. What letter of Reverend Theodore Parker’s is described in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 12: “Freedom’s Clothes”?

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