Question
Friday, 2/21: from "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground
Railroad" Selection Test
Read the selection below and choose the best answer to each question.
from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground
Railroad
3
The Railroad Runs to Canada
1 Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. At first they did not believe in his existence. The stories about him were fantastic, unbelievable. Yet they watched for him. They offered rewards for his capture.
Multiple Choice 1 point
Which idea does the author's tone in paragraph 12 help to convey about slave owners in the South?
• They were not willing to negotiate with Tubman.
• They did not manage their plantations effectively.
• They knew slavery was wrong but were driven by greed.
• They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.
Railroad" Selection Test
Read the selection below and choose the best answer to each question.
from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground
Railroad
3
The Railroad Runs to Canada
1 Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. At first they did not believe in his existence. The stories about him were fantastic, unbelievable. Yet they watched for him. They offered rewards for his capture.
Multiple Choice 1 point
Which idea does the author's tone in paragraph 12 help to convey about slave owners in the South?
• They were not willing to negotiate with Tubman.
• They did not manage their plantations effectively.
• They knew slavery was wrong but were driven by greed.
• They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best answer to convey the authors' tone about slave owners in the South is:
• They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.
This option aligns with the idea that the slave owners were primarily concerned about the financial loss of their property (the slaves) and were willing to offer rewards for the capture of Tubman, who was running off slaves.
• They considered slaves valuable property that they wanted returned.
This option aligns with the idea that the slave owners were primarily concerned about the financial loss of their property (the slaves) and were willing to offer rewards for the capture of Tubman, who was running off slaves.