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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Solomon describe the interaction among Eliza, Randall, and Emily at the time that they first saw each other?
(a) Long and normal.
(b) Happy and emotional.
(c) Short and happy.
(d) Pleasant and normal.

2. Why did Tibeats not attack Ford when Ford confronted him about his mistreatment of Solomon?
(a) Because he was planning to attack Ford at a later time.
(b) Because Tibeats respected Ford as a man.
(c) Because Ford was a lot older than him and he did not fight older men.
(d) Because he knew that he would get in trouble with Chapin.

3. How did Freeman's customers view the idea of buying slaves from the same family?
(a) They did not like the idea at all.
(b) They do not view the idea at all--they were simply there to make a slave purchase.
(c) They viewed it as a great idea that could keep a slave family together.
(d) They tried to make slave family-type purchases, because they could get two slaves for the price of one.

4. Aside from Bibles, what did William Ford provide his slaves that other slave owners seemed to overlook or not consider to provide them with at all?
(a) Winter clothing.
(b) Skillet.
(c) Bath soap.
(d) Fork.

5. Why did Lawson take off in such high speed to find William Ford upon Chapin's request?
(a) He really wanted to get Solomon some help.
(b) He wanted to beat the last speed record he set while running his mule into town.
(c) He wanted to impress Mr. Chapin.
(d) He wanted to show just how fast he could make his mule run.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the manner in which Solomon, Eliza, and the other slaves were led from Williams' Slave Pen and onto the Orleans best be described?

2. Why was Jacob Brooks willing to accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

3. How could the outcome of the talk between William Ford and John M. Tibeats with respect to the mistreatment of Solomon be described?

4. How did the raft that Solomon built for William Ford's lumber transporting business benefit Ford?

5. Why did Chapin send for Ford when he was the overseer of Ford's Plantation?

(see the answer key)

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