Unit 2 Assessment Study Game

Which line from "Harriet Tubman: A Life of Toil and Triumph" describes Tubman's optimism?

• The word of Harriet Tubman's bravery was beginning to spread.

• Remarkably, Harriet did not become discouraged.

• Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott helped her...

• Meanwhile, Harriet's fame also made her a target...

'TWAS in the glad season of spring,

Asleep at the dawn of the day,

I dream'd what I cannot but sing,

So pleasant it seem'd as I lay.

I dream'd that on ocean afloat,

Far hence to the westward I sail'd,

While the billows high lifted the boat,

And the fresh-blowing breeze never fail'd.

The author uses a nonstandard English in the excerpt to create a....

• setting of fear and foreboding

• setting of gentle beauty

• character with many flaws

• character with admirable traits

Awaking, how could I but muse

At what such a dream should betide?

But soon my ear caught the glad news

Which serv'd my weak thought for a guide—

That Britannia, renown'd o'er the waves

For the hatred she ever has shown

To the black-sceptred rulers of slaves,

Resolves to have none of her own.

The excerpt contains the theme of....

• Great Britain opposing other nations

• Great Britain supporting other nations

• Great Britain opposing slavery

• Great Britain supporting slavery

Harriet Tubman most likely did not attend school because

• her parents did not encourage schooling

• her job as a nursemade was more important to her

• she was not interested in getting an education

• she was not permitted to, by the plantation owner

By this time, the word of Harriet Tubman’s bravery was beginning to spread. Many well-known people learned of her mission and got on board as well. Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott helped her, as did Susan B. Anthony. Some even allowed her to use their homes as stations. Meanwhile, Harriet’s fame also made her a target, and a large reward was offered for her capture and return to Maryland.

The beginning of the Civil War in 1861 marked the end of Harriet’s Railroad work, but she did not retire. Instead, she joined the fight that would soon set all of her people free. At the request of Union leaders, she set out for South Carolina. There she nursed slaves who had been left behind when their owners fled Northern forces.

Why was a reward offered to Tubman's capture?

• because she fled to South Carolina

• because many people opposed her work

• because she nursed abandoned enslaved persons

• because she worked with Susan B. Anthony

When her work in the South was finished, Harriet finally returned to her home in New York. There she helped former enslaved persons adjust to their new lives. It would seem like her life’s work was over, now that freedom and education for former enslaved persons was assured. However, a life of ease was not part of Harriet’s plan, and it was no surprise to those who knew her that she took up yet another cause. Before long she was off on a tour with Susan B. Anthony to rally support for women’s right to vote.

Who was Susan B. Anthony?

• a former enslaved person

• a famous musician

• a famous wartime nurse

• a crusader for equal rights

We were all now tied; and just as we were to leave for Easton jail, Betsy Freeland, mother of William Freeland, came to the door with her hands full of biscuits, and divided them between Henry and John. She then delivered herself of a speech, to the following effect:—addressing herself to me, she said, "You devil! You yellow devil! it was you that put it into the heads of Henry and John to run away. But for you, you long-legged mulatto devil! Henry nor John would never have thought of such a thing." I made no reply, and was immediately hurried off towards St. Michael's.

Which best describes Betsy Freeland's attitude toward Frederick Douglass?

• grateful

• resentful

• indifferent

• admiring

After Harriet journeyed to the safety of Philadelphia, she met with members of the Anti-Slavery Society. She wanted to learn more about the special railroad that had helped her become free, and then she wanted to help. Without taking any time to enjoy her newfound freedom, she signed on as a conductor. Soon she was headed back to Maryland to guide others safely north.

Then in 1850, the United States passed the Fugitive Slave Act. This forced citizens of the Northern states to return escaped enslaved persons to the South. Remarkably, Harriet did not become discouraged. Instead, she conducted her passengers all the way to Canada—a trip of an extra three hundred miles! In all, she made that trip nineteen times, freeing her family and three hundred additional enslaved persons in the process.

What inference can be made about Harriet Tubman's character?

• She was tireless in bringing others to freedeom

• She felt entitled to freedom and an easy lifee

• She was too busy to enjoy her new freedom

• She worked as a conductor to free her family

That first year was crammed full of battles, sickness, and sleepless nights spent scratching at lice and ticks. My desire for adventure was long gone by the end of it. Even so, when my time came up to reenlist, I did. After all, slavery was still a fact, and I couldn’t let my friends, neighbors, and uncle do the fighting for me while I sat home milking cows.

What inference can be made about the narrator?

• He enjoys the outdoors

• He has strong convictions

• He believes slavery is necessary

• He believes enlistment is cowardly

I was now left to my fate. I was all alone, and within the walls of a stone prison. But a few days before, and I was full of hope. I expected to have been safe in a land of freedom; but now I was covered with gloom, sunk down to the utmost despair.

The excerpt is considered a personal narrative because....

• it includes the author's memories and impressions

• it includes important historical facts and details

• it includes researched facts about a famous person

• it includes fictional information and illustrations