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How old is Julilly?
What is 12.
What was the setting at the beginning of the novel?
What is Massa Hensen's Plantation in Virginia.
What happened to Liza when she tried to run away?
What is she was whipped by Sims.
Define the term foreshadowing and give an example.
What is when the author gives clues to the reader about events that will happen later in the story.
Why did the slaves get up so early?
What is they had to work before the heat from the mid day sun.
Who cut the girls' hair?
Who is Lester.
What took place at the white woman's cabin?
What is Julilly was threatened to be shot.
Who was the new visitor to the Riley plantation and why was he there?
Who is Massa Ross who was trying to help the slaves escape to Canada.
“Up and down the cotton rows the message spread, faster than a winging bird.” is an example of what figurative language?
What is a methaphor.
Why were Adam's ankles torn?
What is because he was chained to Lester and Ben.
Who helped the girls cross the Ohio River?
When the girls were hidden in sacks, where was the train headed for?
What is Cleveland.
What is the signal that Julilly is to listen for to know when to try to escape from the Riley plantation?
What is three calls of the whippoorwill.
"Being whipped by Sims feel like the sting of a hundred bees", is an example of what figurative language?
What is a simile.
What is a "cat-o'-nine-tails?
What is a whip with nine pieces of knotted cord attached to a handle which was used to whip slaves.
What was the name of Jeb Brown's dog?
Who is Pal.
What was the boat called that transported the girls across Lake Erie to Canada?
What is the Mayflower.
Why were the slaves disappointed when it didn’t rain?
What is because they did not have to work when it rained.
What does the term Mulatto mean?
What is someone with a white parent and a black parent.
Why is Adam surprised that Mr. Ross doesn’t own slaves?
What is because he is white.
Who was described as a tall man with a gaunt face and blue eyes and was also wearing a wide brimmed Quaker hat?
Who is Levi Coffin.
Where did Lester work in St. Catherines?
What is The Welland House Hotel.
Why did Julilly and Liza decide that it would be better to travel during daylight in the mountains?
What is a bad storm had washed away most of their path and Liza told Julilly that it was too hard for her to walk at night.
“the chain became a silver snake”, is an example of what figurative language?
What is a metaphor.
What was the round glass object with the black needle that the girls were given for their journey?
What is a compass.