Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Authored by Bailey McBride
English
8th Grade
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This comprehensive quiz centers on reading comprehension and English language arts skills through the study of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Designed for 8th grade students, the assessment combines literary analysis with vocabulary development and writing trait identification. Students must demonstrate close reading skills by analyzing character motivation, understanding cause and effect relationships, and interpreting textual evidence to support their responses. The quiz requires students to evaluate how an author uses specific details to develop characterization, particularly focusing on Tubman's courage and leadership. Additionally, students must master academic vocabulary through context clues and definitional understanding, while also demonstrating knowledge of the six traits of writing. The questions demand higher-order thinking skills including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation as students examine historical themes of freedom, resistance, and moral courage. Created by Bailey McBride, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This quiz serves multiple instructional purposes and can be effectively used as a formative assessment following a unit on historical fiction or biography, as a comprehensive review before summative testing, or as homework to reinforce classroom discussions about characterization and theme development. The assessment works particularly well as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper literary analysis or as practice for standardized reading assessments. Teachers can use individual question clusters to target specific skills—the comprehension questions for close reading practice, the vocabulary section for word study reinforcement, or the writing traits questions for composition preparation. This quiz aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 for analyzing character development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4 for vocabulary acquisition, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.4 for understanding writing traits and organization.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Slave owners most likely wanted to capture Harriet Tubman because she
led enslaved people to freedom
fought against the Fugitive Slave Law
sang forbidden spirituals to enslaved people
worked hard and they wanted her as a worker
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?
The runaways stayed with her when she slept.
She planned the trips to begin on Sundays.
She led runaways knowing she faced being hanged.
A man refused to accept her and the runaways.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Tubman told the runaways about Thomas Garrett and his shoes to
scare the runaways into joining her escaping
remember the joyful stories for a long time
give the runaways hope of reaching freedom
brag about the pair of shoes she received, even though she knew the runaways would not receive shoes.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did Tubman threaten to shoot one of the eleven runaways?
She wanted to scare the other runaways
He threatened to return to the plantation
One person wrote down the runaways' stories
He thought he could lead the way better than she
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did Tubman enjoy living in Canada?
Many of her friends lived in her community with her.
She enjoyed more freedom there than in the United States.
People living in Canada had a lot of money and little difficulty finding work.
The weather was different from the weather she knew in Maryland.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does disheveled mean?
mistreated
annoyed
messy
fail
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To instill means to
supply gradually
abandon quickly
stand quietly
proceed confidently
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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