Follow the Drinking Gourd (Scene 2)

As Sam and Ellie continued their escape, they never took their eyes off of-

• the small cabin in the distance.

• Peg Leg Joe's map.

• the light of the moon.

• the North Star.

Ellie had figured out that Peg Leg Joe's song was saying that what season was the best for making an escape from slavery?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Ellie explained to Angela that she and Sam had to escape after Master Burkett started doing what?

• Chasing them with his dogs.

• Making them work longer hours.

• Refusing to give them meals.

• Hitting Sam regularly.

Angela explained to Ellie and Sam that although she used to be a slave, she was now free. How did Angela gain freedom?

• She escaped on the Underground Railroad.

• She had a relative who worked in government.

• Her master freed her in his will after he died.

• She saved enough money to buy her freedom.

True or False: Angela had met Peg Leg Joe before.

• True

• False

What alerted Lucy while she was eating dinner with Angela, Ellie, and Sam?

• The sound of knocking on their door.

• A rock shattering their glass window.

• The sound of galloping horses.

• The shouts of men in the meadow.

How were Ellie and Sam able to escape Angela's house without being seen?

• Climbing a ladder into the attic and then out the window.

• Crawling through a passage under the floor.

• Angela wrapped them in old clothes and put them in her wagon.

After escaping from Angela's home, Ellie and Sam headed for--

• the woods.

• the railroad.

• the city.

• the creek.