Harriet Tubman

Slave owners thought Harriet Tubman was

• smart
• a man
• sneaky
• God

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Signs that Harriet had been around were

• Call of a whipoorwill
• Missing slaves
• hoot owl cry
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Harriet planned her trips on Sunday so that slaves would have a head start.  

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The specific trip in the excerpt was different for Harriet because

• her brother and his wife were in it.
• it was the largest group she had ever conducted.
• It was her first trip after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law.
• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Harriet had never been to Canada bfore this trip.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The slaves and slave owners called Harriet "Moses" because

• They thought she was a man.
• They thought she was a God-like figure.
• She was like Moses in the bible, leading the Egyptian slaves to freedom.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The secret password on the Underground Railroad was

• a secret knock
•  the phrase, "A friend with friends"
• the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd"

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

At the first stop, Harriet and her fellow slaves were turned away.  How did that affect the group?

• It created doubt in Harriet's abilities.
• It worried Harriet that they might not survive.
• It caused some of them to want to turn back.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Harriet kept painting wondrous word pictures of what freedom would be like to dispel their fear of being caught.
In the context of this sentence, the term dispel means

• feed
• fight off
• cause something to go away

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thomas Garret was

• a quaker
• a slave owner
• a kind man
• a quaker and safehouse stop on the Underground Railroad

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5