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The Road to Freedom

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the main character in the story?

a)

Mama

b)

Papa

c)

Emma

d)

Harriet

2.

From which point of view is the story told?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

d)

Fourth Person

3.

What motivated Mama and Emma to run away?

a)

The master had sold Papa two winters ago

b)

They did not like the way they were being treated

c)

Mama was worried Emma was going to be sold at auction

d)

All the other slaves were also running away

4.

What was the only food Mama and Emma took with them when they ran away?

a)

cornbread and bacon

b)

ash cake and salted meat

c)

vegetable stew

d)

they did not have time to take food

5.

Which was a symbol used in the book to show that a station was safe?

a)

Moss on a tree

b)

A horse in the yard

c)

A quilt on the fence

d)

There was no clue that the house was safe

6.

How did Emma and Mama hide during their journey? Select all correct answers.

a)

Under the floor

b)

Behind a tree

c)

Under potatoes in a wagon

d)

In the hayloft in a barn

7.

What was the name of the famous Underground Railroad Conductor that helped Emma and Mama?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Sojourner Truth

8.

Vocabulary: A guide on the Underground Railroad is called a

a)

master

b)

conductor

c)

catcher

d)

slave

9.

What type of novel is Road to Freedom?

a)

Non-fiction (true story)

b)

Realistic Fiction (could happen but is made up)

c)

Biography (true story of someone's life)

d)

Historical Fiction (made up but includes true details of the past)

10.

Which is the best theme of Road to Freedom?

a)

If you work hard, good things will happen to you

b)

There should not be slaves in the United States

c)

Characters needs to help each other achieve freedom

d)

People can work together to fight injustice

11.

A plantation is

a)

a small piece of land or area

b)

a sale where goods are sold

c)

a large farm where crops are grown

d)

a time for planting food to grow

12.

A sale where goods are sold to the person who pays the most money is

a)

an auction

b)

a debt

c)

a plantation

d)

a heritage

13.

What does the word stumble mean?

a)

fall

b)

crawl

c)

rush

d)

shudder

14.

Which word is a synonym for stumble?

a)

trip

b)

climb

c)

hurry

d)

shiver

15.

What does the word grumbled mean in the following sentence?

I was so hungry my stomach grumbled.

a)

ran away

b)

growled

c)

collapsed

d)

dropped

16.

What does the word debts mean in this sentence?

"They said selling slaves was the only way he could pay his debts."

a)

money that is owed

b)

workers

c)

plantation

d)

crops

17.

What dies the word master mean in the following sentence?

*The slaves master would not allow them to read.

a)

person in charge

b)

a great cook

c)

gaining knowledge

d)

showing great talent

18.

Which word means the same as shuffling?

a)

rearranging

b)

dragging

c)

lowering

d)

ordering

19.

Which word best describes the word screech?

a)

loud sound

b)

a break

c)

a warning

d)

a type of tree

20.

Which of the following best describes a narrator?

a)

The main character in the story.

b)

The person from whose point of view the story is told.

c)

The character who speaks the most.

d)

The first character introduced in a story.