Road to Freedom

Who is the main character in the story?

• Mama

• Papa

• Emma

• Harriet

From which point of view is the story told?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

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What motivated Mama and Emma to run away?

• The enslaver had sold Papa two winters ago

• They did not like the way they were being treated

• Mama was worried Emma was going to be sold at auction

• All the other enslaved people were also running away

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What was the only food Mama and Emma took with them when they ran away?

• cornbread and bacon

• ash cake and salted meat

• vegetable stew

• they did not have time to take food

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Which star did enslaved people use to help guide them?

• The Big Dipper

• The sun

• The Drinking Gourd

• The North Star

How did Mama and Emma know the first station was safe?

• They saw a lantern in the window

• The old woman told them to come in

• The old woman put the quilt on the fence

• There was no clue that the house was safe

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How did Emma and Mama hide during their journey?

• In a basement

• Behind a tree

• Under potatoes in a wagon

• In the hayloft in a barn

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What was the name of the famous Underground Railroad Conductor that helped Emma and Mama?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

What type of novel is Road to Freedom?

• Non-fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Historical Fiction

Vocabulary: A guide on the Underground Railroad is called

• an enslaver

• a conductor

• a catcher

• an enslaved person

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