Characters
A member of the Vigilance Committee who helps Ann escape to Washington City in Chapter 22.
Who is Jacob Bigelow?
Describe Ann's plan to return to the kitchen to sleep.
What is she makes thrashing sounds that kept Mistress Carol awake?
Mr. Bigelow says that Ann will be taken to this place by way of the "Road."
What is Canada?
Define Theme.
What is the main idea or message the author wants to convey?
Define Freedman's Papers.
What are legal papers that declare a black person as free?
Mr. Jacob Bigelow's Underground Railroad name.
Who is William Penn?
Explain why "kidnapping" Ann is the best method for stealing her freedom.
What is so it will be convincing to Mistress Carol that she was "taken."
Ann cannot visit her family in Washington City because...
What is many people are looking for her and can enter a black person's home without warning or warrant?
Define Foreshadowing.
What is a hint of what is to come in the story?
Define Symbolism.
What is something that stands for or represents something else?
Person that Jacob Bigelow drafts a letter for to throw the suspicion off of him helping Ann escape.
Jacob Bigelow writes a letter to Master Charles to...
What is frustrate him by offering money for Ann and to throw him off?
The reward money amount for Ann's capture.
What is $500?
Define Climax.
What is the "turning point" in the story?
Define Suspense.
What is the feeling of anxiousness or curiosity created in the reader?
Name of Ann's captor according to Mr. Bigelow.
Who is "The Powder Boy?"
How much (monetary amount) Mr. Bigelow "offers" Master Charles for Ann.
What is Jacob Bigelow "offers" Master Charles $1,600?
What is Robinson Crusoe shows Ann that men have made slaves of each other for thousands of years?
Define Manumission.
What is the freeing of slaves or being freed from slavery?
Define Vigilance Committee.
What is a group of abolitionists who helped manumit (free) slaves from slavery?
Name that Ann chooses for herself.
Who is Joe Wright?
Describe what Ann sees out of the attic in Washington City.
What is a dirt road, horses, carriages, people...?
Describe Ann's disguise in detail.
What is Ann dresses like a boy, walks like she's been riding a horse, burps, and does not cover her mouth when laughing?
The Mason-Dixon Line is...
What is a border that separates the slave states (South) and the free states (North)?
Define the term, Abolitionist.
Who is a person who wanted to outlaw slavery?