Part A

What inference can be made based on the information in paragraphs 1 and 2?

Responses

Tubman’s concern for her brothers’ safety causes them to change their minds about escaping.
Tubman’s concern for her brothers’ safety causes them to change their minds about escaping.

The Tubman family is being sold because they are no longer valuable to their owner as workers.
The Tubman family is being sold because they are no longer valuable to their owner as workers.

The Tubman family does not want what happened to their sisters to happen to them.
The Tubman family does not want what happened to their sisters to happen to them.

Tubman’s journey gave her the idea to build a hidden railroad to transport others.
Tubman’s journey gave her the idea to build a hidden railroad to transport others.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Responses

“’There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.’”
“’There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.’”

“Tubman and her brothers decided to take their lives into their own hands and make the effort to stay together.”
“Tubman and her brothers decided to take their lives into their own hands and make the effort to stay together.”

“She made use of the Underground Railroad to go to Pennsylvania and to freedom.”
“She made use of the Underground Railroad to go to Pennsylvania and to freedom.”

“But they soon turned back when her brothers, one of them a brand-new father, had second thoughts.”
“But they soon turned back when her brothers, one of them a brand-new father, had second thoughts.”

1 answer

Part A

The inference that can be made based on the information in paragraphs 1 and 2 is:

The Tubman family does not want what happened to their sisters to happen to them.

This choice suggests a motive for the Tubman family's desire to escape, aligning with the historical context of the threat of being sold or separated.

Part B

The detail from the text that best supports the answer to Part A is:

“But they soon turned back when her brothers, one of them a brand-new father, had second thoughts.”

This detail emphasizes the fears and concerns of Tubman's brothers regarding the risks associated with escaping, as they do not want to experience the same fate that befell their sisters.