Themes in Poetry: "Harriet Tubman" Answers

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What does this text reveal about Tubman?

A
She was always sympathetic to someone who had a problem.
B
She enjoyed threatening people.
C
She would do anything to accomplish her goals.
D
She would never risk anyone’s safety.
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Select the character trait that best matches each of Tubman's actions in Greenfield's poem.

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"Ran looking for her freedom"::defiant
"And she kept on going till she got to the North"::determined
"Nineteen times she went back South"::brave
"To save Black sisters and brothers"::caring
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bravecaring✔ determineddefiant

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brave
B
caring
C
✔ determined
D
defiant
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✔ bravecaringdetermineddefiant

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✔ brave
B
caring
C
determined
D
defiant
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brave✔ caringdetermineddefiant

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brave
B
✔ caring
C
determined
D
defiant
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What does this text reveal about Tubman?

A
She believed freedom was worth risking death for.
B
She believed in freedom, but not if it meant risking death.
C
She would risk her own life, but not the lives of others.
D
She would rather bring an entire group to safety than lose one person.
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What does this text reveal about Tubman?

A
She was always trying to do things better.
B
She did not value her freedom as much as other formerly enslaved people valued theirs.
C
She was not happy living in the North.
D
She was willing to risk her life and her freedom to help enslaved people escape.
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Which statement about the poem’s speaker is true?

A
This part of the poem has Tubman’s words, but the poem’s speaker is still the narrator.
B
This part of the poem has Tubman’s words, showing that the poem has a new speaker.
C
In this part of the poem the speaker has become the man who says he cannot go on.
D
In this part of the poem the speaker has become one of the “slave catchers.”
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Select the character trait that best matches each of Tubman's actions in Greenfield's poem.

Answers:
"Ran looking for her freedom"::defiant
"And she kept on going till she got to the North"::determined
"Nineteen times she went back South"::brave
"To save Black sisters and brothers"::caring

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