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Harriet Chapters 1-4

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  • What does the author do to provide a larger context for Harriet's life and show how the events of her life were influenced by what was going on in the country?
    Provides dialogue between Harriet and other characters
    Ends each chapter with summary of national historical events
    Focuses on Harriet's personal experiences and emotions
    Includes detailed descriptions of the Brodas plantation
  • When she was a baby and child, Harriet was known by what name?
    Araminta, Minta, Minty
  • How does Mrs. Cook respond to Harriet's illness?
    She sent for Old Rit to come and get Harriet.
    She says that Harriet is faking it.
    She takes care of her like she was her own child
    She complained to Harriet's master
  • Why did Mrs. Cook send Harriet back to the Brodas plantation for good?
    Old Rit was worried about her.
    Mrs. Cook said she was unteachable - wouldn't weave
    Her voice had a huskiness to it after being so sick.
    Ben asked for her to be returned - said she was too young
  • The master thought highly of Ben and Old Rit because...
    They teach their children how to work hard.
    They are smart, well-behaved, and loyal.
    They keep to themselves.
    They do not go to church.
  • According to Harriet's mother, what is the worst job for a slave?
    a cook
    a weaver
    a field slave
    a nurse
  • TRUE or FALSE? Old Rit thinks highly of the Cooks.
    TRUE
    FALSE
  • Which of the following inferences can be made about the relationship between the slaves and their master, Edward Brodas?
    a kind and benevolent master- treated slaves well
    primarily interested in selling slaves for profit
    encouraged his slaves to seek freedom and education
    unaware of the harsh conditions in which his slaves lived
  • Which detail shows that Ben had a good reputation?
    He was always talking about the woods.
    There was something free and wild in Harriet because of Ben.
    He had never been known to tell a lie.
    Ben knew about rivers and creeks and swampy places.
  • "Seen from a distance, these sway-backed cabins seemed to huddle together as though for protection." The author mostly likely uses personification to emphasize
    the poor condition and vulnerability of the slave cabins
    the slaves hid inside the cabins for safety
    the cabins were constucted using crude materials
    that cabins were built close together for structural support
  • Denmark Vesey's actions affected the lives of slaves in all of the following ways EXCEPT...
    It was no longer safe to walk along the roads at night.
    They were not supposed to talk to each other.
    They held secret meetings in order to plan their escape.
    They had to be careful which songs they sang.
  • Why were the masters afraid of the slaves?
    They might run away and cost the masters money
    They might steal the master's belongings
    They might call the police and report the masters
    They might start a revolt against the masters
  • True or False? The slaves believe that Masters most likely lied about catching and selling all escaped slaves.
    TRUE
    FALSE
  • What can you infer about the masters' beliefs regarding educated slaves from this statement: "The masters said that even a little learning made a slave discontented and unfit for a life of slavery."
    Educating them could inspire subversive thoughts and actions
    All are correct
    Keeping slaves ignorant was necessary to maintain obedience
    Slaves' knowledge and intelligence seen as threats to system
  • Who was skeptical (unsure) that Harriet would be safe if she learned to weave?
    Mrs. Cook
    Ben
    Old Rit
    Harriet
  • What is manumission?
    an important assignment for slaves to complete
    a promise to set faithful and hardworking slaves free
    a man on a mission
    no idea what this word is
  • The following sentence is about this person. "All of the little ones, too young to run errands, were placed under the care of a woman, so old she could no longer work."
    Old Rit who was Harriet's mother
    The old woman who was the children's caretaker
    Mrs. Cook to whom Harried was "hired out"
    Minty
  • "She was always singing or humming...pausing in her play to look upward, watching the sudden free flight of the birds..." What inference can be made about Harriet from this passage?
    She was easily distracted like a typical child.
    She was a recalcitrant (unwilling to obey) child.
    She didn't know how to talk like other children.
    She viewed the world with the wonder of a child.
  • Who was Denmark Vesey?
    a carpenter who built furniture for the master
    a self-educated man who planned and led an insurrection
    the plantation's overseer
    Harriet Tubman's first husband
  • What was the most important reason why most of the slaves enjoyed the Christmas season?
    There was little work to be done.
    They were allowed in the Big House at this time.
    They received a lot of gifts.
    The fire was warm.
  • The day of the month when slaves were given food and clothes
    Gotcha Day
    Christmas Day
    Issue Day
    Distribution day
  • Which of the following from the text is an example of Harriet being defiant?
    She becomes too ill to work at the Cooks.
    She becomes too ill to work at the Cooks.
    She cuts her first teeth on a piece of pork rind.
    She refuses to learn to weave.
  • "Someone had taught her where to look for the North Star...and told her that anyone walking toward the North could use that star as a guide." What is the author doing by including this information about Harriet's childhood?
    Ben talked about the arrival of wild ducks
    Connecting her childhood knowledge to future conductor role
    Highlighting Harriet's early interest in astronomy
    Ben mentioned the woods and the berries that grew there.
  • Harriet was proud of her father because
    he told Bible stories.
    he had a beautiful singing voice.
    he was able to predict the weather accurately.
    he told Harriet about things that grew in the woods.
  • Farmers and householders "rent" enslaved people from wealthier plantation owners because they do not have the means to own their own.
    "borrowed"
    "hired out"
    "sold"
    "escaped"
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