A Crafty Escape comprehension quiz

William and Ellen were able to get married because...

• they escaped from their enslavers.

• they had permission from their enslavers

• they hid their marriage from their enslavers

• they had a marriage planned by their enslavers.

What was one reason William and Ellen planned to escape?

• They wanted to live together as a married couple.

• They wanted to travel to England.

• They wanted to find new jobs in the North.

• They wanted to work for a new family.

William and Ellen were escapees from slavery. What are escapees?

• people who track and capture others for reward

• people who do work for an employer or enslaver

• people who have broken free from something

• people who are kept apart on the basis of group differences

What made William and Ellen's plan for escape possible?

• William's enslaver was a gambler and did not notice when William was missing.

• Ellen went to do the work of a servant for her half sister.

• William was a carpenter and was able to earn money for the things he made.

• Ellen's skin was light, and she could pretend to be a white person.

Which words from the text help the reader understand the meaning of segregated?

• cut Ellen's hair and helped her into her costume

• so they had to sit in separate cars

• asked their enslavers for time off at Christmas

• ducked down in his seat, shaking with fear

Soon after William and Ellen settled in Boston....

• they wrote a book about their story

• they became famous across the country

• they learned to read and write

• they traveled west to find a new home

Which of the following acts passed in 1850 caused William and Ellen to flee to London?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Slave Trade Act

• Emancipation Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

The Crafts moved to England to ______.

• open a school

• open a cabinet-making shop

• run from bounty hunters

• learn to read and write

How did William and Ellen influence people while they lived in London?

• They performed in plays, retelling their escape.

• They taught young children how to read and write.

• They traveled around and spoke against slavery.

• They opened schools for formerly enslaved people.

Why did the Crafts move back to the United States in 1870?

• Slavery was then against the law in the United States.

• Bounty hunters found them.

• They returned to their enslavers.

• They were no longer welcome in England.