WorksheetsHarriet Tubman Exit Ticket
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 16mins
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
Moses
Jesus
Noah
Abraham
What was the passcode for the Underground Railroad?
A friend of Dorothy
A friend with friends
A friend with gifts
A friend of coal
Why did the slaves have to wait for a clear night to make their flight to freedom?
They didn't want to catch a cold if it rained
They needed to see the North Star to know which direction to go
They needed the moonlight to see where they were going
They believed it was a good omen
A biography is usually told from what point of view?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
omniscient
Technique authors use to reveal what a person or character is like are called...
figurative language
dialogue
biographies
characterization
Indirect Characterization is when we are explicitly told about a character's traits
True
False
To remain or stay longer is...
to evoke
to cajole
to instill
to linger
Harriet said that the quaker had, "thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's"
What type of figurative language is this?
a metaphor
a simile
personification
an idiom
A whippoorwill is a type of ...
fox
bird
flower
food
The word ELOQUENCE means...
To bring something to mind
To remain or stay longer
When something is messy or untidy
The ability to speak powerfully & persuasively
The author uses three verbs—cajoles, urges, threatens—to show what Harriet Tubman does to keep her followers from giving up. Of those 3 words that have similar meanings, which has the most negative connotation?
cajoles
urges
threatens
they are all neutral
Figure out what the word IMPLICITLY means by the context in the text:
"They sat on the ground near her and waited patiently until she awakened. They had come to trust her implicitly, totally."
to a degree
completely
somewhat
loudly
Which facts contributed to the escape of William & Ellen Craft?
William played the role of a slave
William wore a sling & bandage to fake an injury
Ellen was very fair-skinned
Ellen dressed as a man
William pretended to be a rich planter
These were hung from windowsills or clotheslines at safe houses along the Underground Railroad to communicate information to fugitives...
flags
notes
signs
quilts
Read the following excerpt from the text:
Thus she forced them to go on. Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening.
What does the word CAJOLING mean in the context above?
To speak powerfully
To show silent resentment
To urge gently
To bring something to mind
