Harriet Tubman Chapter 17-19

What does Ben say when the master asks whether or not he has seen his two missing sons, bound for the chain gang?

• Ben tells him that he hasn’t seen either of them.

• Ben tells him that they escaped.

• Ben tells him that they are hiding in a church.

• Ben tells him that they died.

What does Harriet do when she sees the handbill calling for her capture?

• She begins to cry and goes into hiding.

• She rips it in half and runs away.

• She screams at all of the fugitives and tells them to leave.

• She laughs, telling the fugitives that nobody will ever catch her.

Why does Eliza Nokey cry out in terror when she and Harriet are stowed in the bricklayer’s wagon?

• Eliza does not like the smell of bricks.

• Eliza is fearful that no one will come back to get them.

• Eliza whispers that being buried underneath wood planks and bricks is like “being in a coffin.”

• Eliza whispers that she does not like wagons.

How does Harriet feel about John Brown as she learns more about him?

• Harriet has never liked John Brown.

• Harriet has great admiration for John Brown’s ideals, but she condemns his violent ways.

• Harriet has a great fondness for John Brown and continues to feel that way.

• Harriet has a special friendship with John Brown and protects him.

How does Harriet disguise herself when she arrives in her hometown on her quest to save her parents?

• She dressed up in men's clothing.

• She wore chains so she appeared to be a captured slave.

• She bends over, hunching her back so she looks like an old woman going home from market.

• She crawled on the grand making it look as though she was disabled.

What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?

• The runaways stayed with her, even while she slept.
• She planned escapes that began on Sundays.
• She led runaways though she knew she could be hanged.
• The runaways were constantly tired, hungry, and cold.

Why did Tubman threaten to shoot one of the runaways?

• He thought he could lead the way better than she.
• He threatened to return to the plantation.
• He wrote notes about the route they were taking.
• He complained about having to sleep outdoors.

Who was among the last people Harriet brought out of the south to freedom?

• Charles Nalle

• Ben and Rit

• Thomas Garrett

• her sister, Mary

What made it even more dangerous for run away slaves that they needed to travel to Canada to be free?

• The Emancipation Proclamation was passed.

• The Fugitive Slave Law was put into practice.

• The 13th Amendment was ratified.

• Abolitionists changed they minds and were collecting bounty money.

What items did Harriet alway carry with her while on the Underground Railroad?

• a pistol

• paregoric medicine

• a bird whistle

• a sack of food