8th Bio Test (Tubman & Lincoln)

Slave owners most likely wanted to capture Harriet Tubman because she:

• led enslaved people to freedom

• fought against the Fugitive Slave Law

• sang forbidden spirituals

• worked hard and they wanted her as a worker

What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?

• She planned trips to begin on Sundays

• A man refused to accept

• She led runaways knowing she faced being hanged

• The runaways stayed with her when she slept.

Tubman told the runaways about Thomas Garrett and his shoes to...

• brag about the pair of shoes she received even though she knew the runaways would not receive shoes

• remember the joyful stories for a long time

• scare the runaways into joining her escape

• give the runaways hope of reaching freedom

How did the rumored Moses differ from the actual conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Moses was rumored to give whippoorwill calls as signals, but Tubman sang spiritual songs

• Moses was rumored to b a man, but Harriet Tubman was a woman

• The rumored Moses traveled only at night, but Tubman led the runaways by day.

• The rumored Moses followed the North Star, but Tubman used her money to lead the way.

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Law have on enslaved people?

• Owners could no longer reclaim people who escaped slavery.

• Runaways could be returned to the South if found in the North

• Enslaved people were required to do more.

• The law made the sale of enslaved people more profitable.

The fact that one house on the Underground Railroad refused to help the runaways shows that...

• few people knew about Tubman in the North

• freeing enslaved people was a dangerous activity

• life was difficult for enslaved people in the South

• many people refused to help enslaved people

Petry shows Tubman encouraging the runaways despite her own fear. This helps characterize Tubman as someone who:

• lived a life that was filled with constant fear

• could put aside her fear to help others

• recklessly put others' lives in danger

• refused to accept reality as others saw it

In the context of this story "quarter" means:

• one-fourth of a person's posessions

• 25 cents

• areas in a plantation where slaves lived

• people fleeing from danger

Disheveled means:

• tidy and neat

• untidy or rumpled

• organized and logical

• immaculately dressed

According to historians, Abraham Lincoln towered over most individuals. He was recorded to be how tall?

• 6 ft 4 in

• 5 ft 4 in

• 6 ft 1 in

• 6 feet