Now that Harriet was free, she didn’t forget other slaves in Maryland. During the next ten years, she freed her parents and other family members. She traveled back and forth eighteen times, helping about 300 slaves escape. She became an expert at hiding from slave hunters. At one time, anyone finding Harriet was promised 40,000dollars for catching her梔ead or alive. The people she helped called her Moses. She had rescued them from slavery just as the biblical Moses rescued the Jews.
After the Civil War began, Harriet started to spy for then North. She also served as a nurse. After four years of bloody fighting, the North won the war. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863. There was no longer any need for Harriet to be Moses.
56. Harriet was hit by a heavy weight on her head when
.
A. she was helping a slave run away
B. she was playing with a young boy
C. she was staying at the local store
D. she was running for the door of the store
57. We know from the passage that Harriet was Mister Brodas’
.
A. daughter
B. slave
C. wife
D. servant
58. Harriet decided to end her marriage with John mainly because
.
A. she lived a terribly unhappy life
B. he often stopped her running away
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