Q 01/05

What was Harriet Tubman's name at birth?

A) Araminta Ross

B) Rachel Ross

C) Harriet Green

D) Minerva Brodess

Answer · why

A) Araminta Ross

She was called 'Minty' as a child and adopted her mother's name, Harriet, around the time of her first marriage.

Q 02/05

Roughly how many enslaved people did Tubman personally guide to freedom over some 13 missions?

A) About 1,000

B) About 70

C) About 300

D) About 20

Answer · why

B) About 70

She also gave instructions to 50 or 60 more who escaped on their own.

Q 03/05

What biblical nickname was Tubman given for leading people out of slavery?

A) Moses

B) Joshua

C) Deborah

D) Miriam

Answer · why

A) Moses

Like the prophet who led the Hebrews from Egypt, she brought her people out of bondage.

Q 04/05

In which state was Tubman born into slavery?

A) Virginia

B) South Carolina

C) Maryland

D) Georgia

Answer · why

C) Maryland

Her home was Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore, where by the 1840s half the black population was free.

Q 05/05

What did an overseer throw that struck young Tubman's head and caused her lifelong seizures?

A) A blacksmith's hammer

B) A length of iron chain

C) A cast-iron skillet

D) A two-pound metal weight

Answer · why

D) A two-pound metal weight

He was aiming at another enslaved man; she lay untreated on a loom seat for two days.