Harriet Tubman Review

What is the genre?

• autobiography

• biography

• drama

• persuasive essay

Why was Harriet called “Moses”?

• because her faith was very strong

• because she was very old when she began her journey

• because she helped set slaves free

• because she lived through a plague

One of the runaways said, again, “Let me go back.  Let me go back,” and stood still, and then turned around and said over his shoulder, “I am going back.”  Which mood does this excerpt help establish?  

• optomistic

• suspenseful

• reflective

• humorous

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CCSS.RL.8.4

What did Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass have in common?

• They both worked in Cape May, New Jersey, during the summer.

• They both felt more comfortable in Canada than the United States.

• They were both born in the North.

• They were both civil rights activists.

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CCSS.RI.8.3

What is the author’s purpose for writing this article?

• to entertain readers with fictional accounts of traveling across the country

• to explain to readers the valuable contributions of Frederick Douglass

• to persuade people to fight for civil rights

• to share the struggles and triumphs of the underground railroad through Harriet Tubman

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CCSS.RI.8.6

What was the password for the underground railroad?

• I've come to help

• A friend with friends

• I've knocked twice

• More friends are needed

“In December, 1851, when she started out with the band of fugitives that she planned to take to Canada, she had been in the vicinity of the plantation for days, planning the trip, carefully selecting the slaves that she would take with her.” Which is the BEST synonym for the word “vicinity” as used in this excerpt?

• South

• danger

• area

• attitude

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“She said he had thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby’s, and the kindest eyes she had ever seen.” What is emphasized with the simile in this sentence?

• The thickness of the Quaker's hair

• The color of the Quaker's hair

• The texture of the Quaker's hair

• The kindness of the Quaker's eyes

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

“Somehow she would have to instill courage into these eleven people, most of them strangers, would have to feed them on hope and bright dreams of freedom instead of the fried pork and corn bread and milk she had promised them.” Which words make up the personification in this excerpt?

• Somehow she would have to instill courage

• most of them strangers

• feed them on hopes and bright dreams of freedom

• instead of the fried pork and corn bread and milk she had promised them

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why did Tubman have to take the runaways all the way to Canada instead of to a place in the North?

• Cities and towns in Canada had agreed to provide jobs for all of the runaways that Tubman brought.

• The cooler weather in Canada was helpful for those who became sick

• People in the North were no longer willing to provide food, shelter,or jobs

• The Fugitive Slave Law required runaways be returned to the South if found

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A