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Ann PetryA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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”
By Ann Petry
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