Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland, USA. At first, she lived with her family, which included 11 children, in a one-room cabin. At the age of six, Harriet was loaned to another family to help take care of their baby. She was sometimes beaten and given very little to eat. When she was thirteen, she suffered a serious head injury when her owner tried to throw a weight at another slave but hit her instead. The injury caused Harriet to have dizzy spells and seizures throughout her life. ■ [A] Around this time, slavery was abolished in the north of the country and slaves tried to flee to the north for their freedom. They used the Underground Railroad, which refers to a series of safe houses called stations where slaves could hide as they traveled north. People that helped the slaves were called conductors.
■ [B] In 1849, Harriet decided to use the Underground Railroad to escape, and she made it to Pennsylvania and was set free. ■ [C] In fact, she was so famous a conductor that slave owners offered a reward of $40,000 for her capture. When the Civil War broke out, she worked as a spy for the North and then as a nurse to treat wounded soldiers. She was also involved in the Combahee Ferry Raid, helping free more than 700 slaves. Later in life, Harriet worked as an activist for the abolitionist movement that aimed to end slavery in the United States. She also fought for equal rights for black people and women in general. ■[D]
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