Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-2

Reading Check

1. What is the term for when enslaved people are made free after the death of their enslaver?

2. Why was Denmark Vesey executed?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. In the area where Tubman lives, why are both the enslaved and the enslavers afraid of one another?

CHAPTERS 3-4

Reading Check

1. What Biblical figure does Tubman’s mother frequently tell her stories about?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Describe Tubman’s personality in her early childhood, before she is old enough to be put to work.

2. Why does Tubman feel like a muskrat when she is at the Cooks’ house?

Paired Resource

“The Story of Moses: The Servant of the Lord”

• This 10-minute video retells the Biblical story of Moses.
• This resource relates to the theme of Religious Faith and Biblical Allegory.
• Why would enslaved people in America be drawn to the story of Moses? How might hearing this story many times from her mother influence Tubman? How does telling Moses’s story or singing songs about Moses function as an allegory for the enslaved people?