from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Authored by Danielle Bell
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the selection, how did Tubman make her presence known in the slave quarter?
She left salt herring in a bandanna.
She sang a forbidden spiritual.
She imitated a whippoorwill.
She imitated a hoot owl.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the selection, how did Tubman respond when one of the runaways wanted to turn back?
She told the story of Frederick Douglass.
She threatened the runaway with a gun.
She tied the runaway's hands together.
She sang "Go Down, Moses."
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the selection, why did Tubman want to take the runaways all the way to Canada?
The runaways had requested that Tubman take them to St. Catharines.
The Fugitive Slave Law made it risky for runaways to stay in the U.S.
She wanted the runaways to live among other ex-slaves in St. Catharines.
She knew that the runaways would be able to fin work in Canada.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
As explained in the selection, what was the main thing Tubman did to encourage the fugitives?
She talked about paid work in the North.
She told them funny stories to pass the time.
She found extra food for them in farmers' gardens.
She told them about other slaves who had escaped.
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CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What central idea does the following statement from the selection express most clearly?
She discovered that freedom meant more than the right to change jobs at will, more than the right to keep the money that one earned.
Freedom can have many meanings.
Freedom means the ability to get rich.
Freedom means keeping one good job.
Freedom is best measured by material gain.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to the selection, why does Tubman insist that the escaping slaves must "go on or die?"
She believed that living without freedom is a fate far worse than death.
She feels that recaptured slaves would be forced to reveal the escape route and put those involved at great risk.
She knows that life in the slaves' quarters is full of pain and hardship.
She says "go on or die" to frighten the escaping slaves and keep them moving toward Canada.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the selection, what is the most important thing that the German couple gives the escaping slaves after Tubman brings them there?
food and beverages
a feeling of safety
clothes and shoes
freedom
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
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