Harriet Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad

The author wrote this selection most likely to ---

• encourage readers to fight for a cause they truly believe in

• persuade the reader to do more research on the Underground Railroad

• express admiration for Harriet Tubman and her Underground Railroad

• provide information about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

From Tubman's actions, the reader can infer that she ---

• was reckless when helping slaves escape

• determined to save as many slaves as possible

• was foolish to turn her gun on people

• was frightened when she heard about the reward for her capture

Which sentence suggests that Tubman would do anything necessary to help others?

• If anyone ever wanted to change his or her mind during the journey to freedom and return, Tubman pulled out a gun and said, "You'll be free or die a slave!"

• During these dangerous journeys she helped rescue members of her own family, including her 70-year-old parents.

• She later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse.

• Yet, she was never captured and never failed to deliver her "passengers" to safety.

The organization of the selection allows the author to ---

• compare Harriet Tubman to other people involved in the Underground Railroad

• explain the beginnings of the Underground Railroad

• reflect upon several meaningful experiences in Harriet Tubman's life

• describe the route of the Underground Railroad

What is the best summary of the events after Tubman escaped slavery?

• At great personal risk, Harriet Tubman repeated returned to slave-holding states to lead other slaves to freedom in Canada.

• Harriet became known as the "Moses of Her People" because she was very courageous.

• For more than 10 years, Harriet worked tirelessly to rescue her parents and other slaves from slavery.

• Harriet wanted to be famous, so she formed the Underground Railway to help slaves escape to freedom.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4.

As Tubman herself said, "On my Underground Railroad I [ never] run my train off [the] track [and] I never [lost] a passenger.

The author included this sentence in the selection to show the reader that ---

• the Underground Railroad was ineffective

• trains were needed to transport the escaped slaves

• Harriet Tubman ran a train for lost passengers

• Harriet Tubman successfully helped slaves escape

Because the Latin word abolere means "destroy, efface, annihilate," the reader can tell that the word abolitionist in paragraph 1 refers to someone that ---

• spies on other forces

• wants to end slavery

• created safe houses

• used to be a slave