A Picture Book Of Harriet Tubman: 1st Quarter Reading Assessment-hemann
This independent reading assessment will determine students' comprehension and understanding of the book A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman.
- 1.The character traits that describe Harriet Tubman are (choose all that apply)
- A.
Courageous
- B.
Hurtful
- C.
Stern
- D.
Caring
- E.
Nosey
- F.
Lonely
- 2.Everyone in the story believed in slavery.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.What is the genre of this story?
- A.
Fiction
- B.
Biography
- C.
Fantasy
- D.
Science fiction
- 4.At one point in the story, Harriet got hit in the head by a metal weight. What caused this to occur?
- A.
She stole a lump of sugar
- B.
She was caught between the master and an escaping slave
- C.
Harriet was trying to run away
- D.
She didn't do her chores.
- 5.Masters sometimes sold slaves "down the river". "Down the river" means _____________________.
- A.
Returned runaway slaves to their homes in the south
- B.
Sold slaves to a plantation farther south.
- C.
Sent slaves south to freedom.
- D.
Took slaves to the port at New Orleans to be sold to Europe.
- 6.The Underground Railroad was _____________________________________.
- A.
A long train tunnel that connected the south to the north.
- B.
An underground train that slaves used to escape to the north.
- C.
A secret stretch of railroad tracks taht slaves rode to escape to the north.
- D.
A secret route slaves used to escape the north.
- 7.The day before she ran off, Harriet sang, "I'm bound for the Promised Land". This message she was sending to the other slaves was ________________________________.
- A.
That she was ready to die and go to heaven.
- B.
That she intended to go to Israel to see the land of Moses.
- C.
That she was going to go to the north where she would be free.
- D.
That she was sad about being a slave and hoped to be free soon.
- 8.Harriet does not permit slaves to turn back once they have begun the journey. Even when they are very frightened, she forces them at gunpoint. Why does she do this?
- A.
She is afraid that she will tell salve owners about the Underground Railroad
- B.
She does not have time to take them back home.
- C.
She thinks they would be better off dead than going back to slavery.
- D.
She gets angry when they change their minds.
- 9.Harriet did not always behave the way a slave should. What happened to Harriet when she rebelled against slavery?
- A.
She was sold down river
- B.
She was whipped.
- C.
She was hanged.
- D.
She was forbidden to work in the main house.
- 10.When Harriet was a young girl, abolitionists began to protest slavery. Abolitionists were _____________________.
- A.
People who fought against the south in the Civil War.
- B.
People who refused to own slaves.
- C.
People who were against slavery.
- D.
People who thought slaves should be treated better.
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