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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward which of the following did Patsey look forward to the most, to one day save her from the cruelty of her masters?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Rest.
(c) God.
(d) Running away.

2. What did Freeman's customers tend to keep in mind as they shopped around his pen?
(a) That regardless of the animal that they chose, they would get a good price from Freeman.
(b) That they were there to buy a clean and hardworking animal in tip-top condition.
(c) That Freeman was known to charge more than what his animals were really worth.
(d) That although Freeman had the highest prices in town, he did offer the best animals on the market.

3. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?
(a) That their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.
(b) That they be sold for the highest price possible.
(c) That feuding slave family members be sold to different dealers.
(d) That slave family members be sold and kept together.

4. Which of the following was one thing that Tibeats had a reputation of using when trying to out-maneuver his enemies?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A pack of dogs.
(c) The element of surprise.
(d) A hatchet.

5. Based on the description of one in Chapter 16, what was a slave driver supposed to do?
(a) He was supposed to make sure that the slaves would take breaks from their work.
(b) He was supposed to make sure that the slaves worked without stopping for breaks.
(c) He was supposed to drive the slaves from the auction house to the plantation.
(d) He was supposed to drive the slaves to places outside the plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason did Epps give Solomon what turned out to be his last whipping?

2. How did the slaves in Bayou Bœuf view Lew Cheney?

3. The approach toward Solomon by two individuals on the Epps Plantation signaled which of the following?

4. How were Solomon and the other slaves treated around Goodin's Pen in Richmond, Virginia?

5. Why was it important to Chapin to keep a dog on the property of the great house where he and Solomon stayed?

(see the answer key)

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