Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as "Mumbet" or "Mum Bett". For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley' s wife tried to strike Mumbet's sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued for her freedom. While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom—the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution. Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Sedgewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants. One of her great-grandchildren was W. E. B. Du Bbis, one of the founders of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights. Mumbet' s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: " She was born a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal. "
单选题
What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：细节题。根据文章第一段第一句“Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves．”可知，Mumbet出生在一个奴隶家庭里，所以她也是一个奴隶，故A选项为正确答案。
单选题
Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：细节题。根据题干内容可定位至文章第二段，结合该段第三句“Mumbet protected her sister…”和第四句“Furious，she left the house and refused to come back．”可知，Mumbet在奴隶主暴打姐姐的时候因为保护姐姐而被打，所以她愤怒地离开了奴隶主家，故B选项为正确答案。
单选题
What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new constitution?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：细节题。根据题干中的关键词the new constitution可定位至文章第三段，由该段第二句“If the constitution said that all people were free and equal，then she thought it should apply to her．”可知，Mumbet在新宪法的讨论中知道了所有人都是自由和平等的，故D选项“她应该像白人一样享有自由和平等”符合题意，为正确答案。
单选题
What did Mumbet do after the trial?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：细节题。根据题干内容可定位至文章第四段，由该段前两句“Strangely enough，after the trial，the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee．She declined and instead went to work for Sedgewick．”可知，Mumbet在审判之后拒绝了阿什利一家的聘用，去为律师塞奇威克工作，故B选项为正确答案。