Ann Fights for Freedom

The inciting action of the story, from Chapter 1, is.....

• Ann's grandmother passes away.

• Ann's mother is extremely sad and needs help with the baby.

• Master Adam is having financial problems and will need to sell some of the slaves.

• Master Adam wants to take Ann to live in the main house.

Ann's Papa refuses to talk about running away because....

• he knows Ann can't keep a secret.

• he knows they live too far away from the North.

• he knows that Mama is too sad and sick to make the journey.

• he knows that it would be very dangerous, especially if they get caught.

The setting of the story at the beginning is.....

• in Maryland during the month of November.

• in South Carolina during the month of July.

• in Georgia during the coldest winter in many years.

• in Virginia during the planting months.

It is Ann's idea to runaway on the Underground Railroad.

• True

• False

Choose all the correct answers.

All the slaves looked forward to Saturday night because....

• Master Adam would reward their hard work with a feast.

• Most of the slaves would sneak away into the woods to share food.

• Most of the slaves would get paid by Master Adam.

• The next day was Sunday, a day the slaves didn't work in the fields.

During those times, people who got paid to capture runaway slaves and take them back to their owners, were called:

• rollers

• pattyrollers

• police

• traitors

What is the name of the man Ann's family encounters in the swamp the first day after they runaway?

• Daniel

• Earl

• Fred

• Nathan

Why do Ann and her family need to go as far away as possible from Master Adam's farm before Monday?

• Ann's family needs to make it to the first safe house in order for the Underground Railroad to help them.

• Monday is when the family's neighbor will report them missing to Master Adam.

• The slaves go back to work on Monday and that's when Master Adam will notice they are missing.

The climax of the story is .......

• when Ann's father gets caught and sent back to Master Adam's farm.

• when Ann's family runs into other runaway slaves who lead them to a safe house.

• when Master Adam finds the family by the Choptank River.

• when a pattyroller starts to check the potato wagon where Ann and her family are hiding.

What is the biggest lesson learns on her journey to freedom?

• Master Adam will never give up on finding them.

• Most people will not help a runaway slave escape to the North.

• Most people are good and will offer whatever help they can to a runaway slave.

• The Underground Railroad is an actual train that helps slaves escape to the North.