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Harriet Tubman Exit Ticket

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?

a)

Moses

b)

Jesus

c)

Noah

d)

Abraham

2.

What was the passcode for the Underground Railroad?

a)

A friend of Dorothy

b)

A friend with friends

c)

A friend with gifts

d)

A friend of coal

3.

Why did the slaves have to wait for a clear night to make their flight to freedom?

a)

They didn't want to catch a cold if it rained

b)

They needed to see the North Star to know which direction to go

c)

They needed the moonlight to see where they were going

d)

They believed it was a good omen

4.

A biography is usually told from what point of view?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

d)

omniscient

5.

Technique authors use to reveal what a person or character is like are called...

a)

figurative language

b)

dialogue

c)

biographies

d)

characterization

6.

Indirect Characterization is when we are explicitly told about a character's traits

a)

True

b)

False

7.

To remain or stay longer is...

a)

to evoke

b)

to cajole

c)

to instill

d)

to linger

8.

Harriet said that the quaker had, "thick white hair, soft, almost like a baby's"

What type of figurative language is this?

a)

a metaphor

b)

a simile

c)

personification

d)

an idiom

9.

A whippoorwill is a type of ...

a)

fox

b)

bird

c)

flower

d)

food

10.

The word ELOQUENCE means...

a)

To bring something to mind

b)

To remain or stay longer

c)

When something is messy or untidy

d)

The ability to speak powerfully & persuasively

11.

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?

a)

cajoles

b)

urges

c)

threatens

d)

they are all neutral

12.

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."

a)

to a degree

b)

completely

c)

somewhat

d)

loudly

13.

Which facts contributed to the escape of William & Ellen Craft?

a)

William played the role of a slave

b)

William wore a sling & bandage to fake an injury

c)

Ellen was very fair-skinned

d)

Ellen dressed as a man

e)

William pretended to be a rich planter

14.

These were hung from windowsills or clotheslines at safe houses along the Underground Railroad to communicate information to fugitives...

a)

flags

b)

notes

c)

signs

d)

quilts

15.

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?

a)

To speak powerfully

b)

To show silent resentment

c)

To urge gently

d)

To bring something to mind