WorksheetsFreedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
Miss Sarah had Harriet flogged after she--
a)
took the muskrat from the trap
b)
forgot to chop firewood at the Cook plantation
c)
stole the crystal vase
d)
ran away from the Big House
2.
When Harriet was eleven, Turner's revolt caused the South to ---
a)
fine plantation owners who failed to report a missing slave
b)
improve working conditions for field slaves
c)
prevent Negroes from meeting in groups larger than six members
d)
impose a life sentence for anyone who taught a Negro to read
3.
Why did the overseer throw a two-pound weight a Harriet's head?
a)
She blocked the doorway and helped Jim to escape
b)
She spread the news of Cudjo's famous Appeal among the plantation slaves
c)
She was caught teaching reading to the slave children
d)
She was physically weak and unable to keep up her field help
4.
Harriet first made plans to run away when she---
a)
found John Tubman with another woman
b)
heard that the Master had died
c)
had saved two hundred dollars
d)
saw how Miss Sarah whipped Old Rit
5.
When Harriet met William Still, she told him of her plan to---
a)
send money to her family so they could buy their freedom
b)
return to the South and personally bring the slaves to freedom
c)
open up a day school for slave children
d)
enter the Society of Friends
6.
Who was visiting Ezekiel Hunn's house on the morning that Harriet arrived?
a)
a slave trader who had come to purchase hay
b)
John Tubman and his brothers
c)
a group of patrollers who were searching houses along the railroad
d)
Mister Garret of Wilmington
7.
Why was Harriet's father, Old Ben, put in jail?
a)
Patrollers reported that Old Ben was responsible for ths slave uprisings
b)
Old Ben was caught organizing a reading group among the slaves
c)
An escaped slave, who was caught, named him as an accomplice
d)
A sum of money, missing from the Big House, was planted in Ben's cabin.
8.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, General Hunter sent Harriet to ---
a)
join the soldiers in the First Carolina Regiment
b)
speak at the Freedmen's Aid Society in Boston
c)
gather information about the Rebel troops in South Carolina
d)
meet with President Lincoln to discuss the enlistment of fugitive slaves
9.
John Brown's plan for freeing the slaves involved --
a)
funneling money to slaves to purchase their own freedom
b)
working closely with the Quakes for peaceful abolition
c)
setting up refugee stations in the Allegheny mountains for fugitive slaves
d)
smuggling slaves dressed in factory uniforms out of the South
10.
What happened when Harriet took the train from Washington to return home?
a)
Crowds of hospital workers waved flags as the train pulled away
b)
The conductor and three men threw her into the baggage car.
c)
Nelson Davis approached her and asked her to marry him.
d)
A sleeping seizure came upon her and passengers feared her death.
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