WorksheetsThe Great Escape of Ellen and William Craft
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
When did most slaves flee to freedom?
After dinner
In the dead of the night
Before breakfast
Never
Who mailed himself North in a wooden crate?
Harriet Tubman
William Craft
Abraham Lincoln
Henry "Box" Brown
Where and when did Ellen and William Craft escape to freedom?
Brooklyn in 1860
Detroit in 1848
Philadelphia in 1848
Louisiana in 1853
Who masked their race, gender, and social status in the Great Escape?
William Craft
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Ellen Craft
What was the name of the book, that chronicled the escape, Ellen and William Craft wrote in 1860?
The Great Escape
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Narrative of the Life of an American Slave
Journey to Freedom in the North
Ellen and William Craft were owned by the same Master.
True
False
William Craft was a skilled...
Writer
Singer
Cook
Cabinetmaker
Ellen Craft was a biracial slave.
True
False
Why were Ellen and William Craft afraid to have children?
They were scared they would be separated from their children.
They were scared they would get in trouble.
They were scared it was against the law for a slave to have children.
They were scared of what their Master would think.
How did Ellen and William Craft obtain passes from their Masters to leave around Christmastime?
They asked nicely.
They stole the passes.
They never obtained any passes.
They were considered the "favorite slaves".
Why did Ellen Craft put her right arm in a sling?
She thought it would prevent hotel clerks and others from asking for her signature.
Her arm was broken.
She wanted to hide her tattoo.
She hurt her arm the day her and William left.
William Craft disguised himself as a white man in order to flee to freedom.
True
False
Who sat next to Ellen Craft on the train?
William Craft
Another slave
Her Master
Her Master's dear friend
To avoid talking to her Master's friend, Ellen feigned what for the next several hours?
Blindness
Deafness
Muteness
She did not feign anything.
What is a "steamer"?
A log cabin
A big boat
Something you put over a pan to steam vegetables
A type of iron to steam clothes with
Who did the Captain warn William Craft ("very attentive boy") of in the North?
Northerners
Slave catchers
Cut-throat abolitionists
Harriet Tubman
What obstacle did Ellen and William Craft run into when they were trying to travel from South Carolina to Philadelphia?
The ticket seller would not sell them tickets to board the steamer.
Ellen Craft hurt herself.
The two got caught trying to escape.
The hotel clerk realized they were runaway slaves.
What had to happen in order to prevent white abolitionists from taking slaves out of the South and to the North?
They had to pass a "slaveholder" test.
They had to take a lie-detector test.
Slaves were not allowed to travel to the North with their Masters.
Slaveholders had to prove that the slave traveling with them was their property.
Who vouched for the planter and his slave in order for them to get the steamer tickets?
Harriet Tubman
Henry "Box" Brown
The hotel clerk
The steamer Captain
Which city had a particularly vigilant border control?
New Orleans
Dallas
Baltimore
New York City
What day did Ellen and William Craft make it to freedom?
Halloween Day
Christmas Day
Valentine's Day
New Year's Eve
In 1850, slave hunters arrived in Boston to find Ellen and William Craft and bring them back to Georgia.
True
False
Eventually, Ellen and William Craft returned back to the States and created a school for newly freed blacks.
True
False
