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Why do most slave escapes occur on Sundays?
It was the first day of the week.
It was a religious day or day of rest.
Because Sunday rhymes with fun day.
How did Harriet Tubman signal to others that she arrived to help them?
She would blow a horn.
She would flash a flashlight three times.
She would sing a biblical song.
What would happen if plantation owners were to catch fugitive slaves?
They would torture them to death.
They would let them have their freedom.
They would whip them and sell them deeper into the South.
When Tubman and the fugitives arrive at a farmhouse where Tubman had stayed before, why does the man slam the door in her face?
There were too many fugitives with her.
Hunters had searched his land recently.
She hadn't let him know she was coming.
Both A and B.
Which of these sentences best summarizes the story?
Harriet Tubman was an American hero.
Harriet Tubman risked her life to get slaves to freedom.
The Fugitive Slave Law was a cruel law.
When the author mentions Moses in the story, to whom does she refer?
A biblical figure
Fugitive slaves
Harriet Tubman
Why does Harriet Tubman point a loaded rifle at one of the runaway slaves?
He stole food.
He wants to be a slave again.
He threatened her.
Both A and B.
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