from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

1 Which two facts show that the selection is literary nonfiction?

• A The author attempts to influence the reader’s ideas.

• B The events in the story are related in chronological order.

• C The events and actions in the story are factual and recorded.

• D The author evaluates the significance of certain events in the story

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CCSS.RI.8.1

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2 What does Moses symbolize in paragraphs 1–3?

• F Freedom

• G Religion

• H Fear

• J Doubt

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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3 What does the author's tone in paragraph 12 best help to convey about slave owners in the South?

• A They were willing to negotiate with Tubman.

• B They did not manage their plantations effectively.

• C They knew slavery was wrong but were driven by greed.

• D They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.

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4 In paragraph 16, the word disheveled comes from a Latin root word that means —

• F door

• G afraid

• H cold

• J hair

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

5 What is the best way to combine the first two sentences of paragraph 17?

• A She turned away from the house, frowning, because she had promised her passengers food, rest, and warmth, and instead, there would be hunger, cold, and more walking over the frozen ground.

• B She had promised her passengers food and rest and warmth, and instead of that, there would be hunger and cold and more walking over the frozen ground, as she turned away from the house.

• C Because she had promised her passengers food, rest, and warmth, and instead, there would be hunger, cold, and more walking over the frozen ground, she turned away from the house frowning.

• D As she turned away from the house, frowning, she had promised her passengers food and rest and warmth, and instead of that, there would be hunger and cold and more walking over the frozen ground.

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CCSS.W.8.2C

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6 Which two sentences the author uses to create a hopeful mood.

• F These people who had risked their own security to help runaways would be ruined, fined, imprisoned.

• G She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance.

• H Ellen pretended to be very ill—her right arm was in a sling, and her right hand was bandaged, because she was supposed to have rheumatism.

• J This time she told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and the whips.

• K For a while, as they walked, they seemed to carry in them a measure of contentment; some of the serenity and the cleanliness of that big warm kitchen lingered on inside them.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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7 What is the best way to combine the second and third sentences in paragraph 20 without losing the original meaning?

• A Harriet had to take all eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves all the way to Canada.

• B Eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves, and she had to take them all the way to Canada.

• C There were eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves, and she had to take them all the way to Canada.

• D All eleven thousand dollars’ worth of slaves had to be taken all the way to Canada by Harriet.

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8 Read the sentence from paragraph 32 of the selection.

But as they walked farther and farther away from the warmth and the light, the cold and the darkness entered into them.

Which tone does the imagery in this sentence suggest?

• F Bitter

• G Indifferent

• H Angry

• J Despairing

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CCSS.RL.8.4

9 In paragraph 32, the word sullen comes from a Latin root word that means —

• A by oneself

• B in depth

• C by chance

• D in danger

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CCSS.L.8.4A

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10 Which statement best supports the conclusion that the selection is a biography?

• F It includes dialogue.

• G It uses descriptive language.

• H It includes information about slavery.

• J It describes the life of a historical person.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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