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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bass view as a more effective means for getting help for Solomon to be freed from slavery?
(a) Traveling to Washington City to meet with the President of the United States to discuss Solomon's matter.
(b) Sending a letter to the President of the United States.
(c) Traveling to Saratoga Sprngs himself.
(d) Getting Lawyer Henry B. Northrup to write a letter to the President of the United States.

2. What was one thing that slaves who get married at Christmastime had to have in order to take their vows?
(a) Money.
(b) The ability to sign their name.
(c) Their owner's consent.
(d) The right type of clothes.

3. What did Solomon use to repay the Fords for their kindness following his run through the Great Pacoudrie Swamp?
(a) A couple of dollars that he had saved.
(b) A note of thanks.
(c) A fish trap that he had built.
(d) Kindness.

4. What concerned Solomon the most after Bass wrote and sent letters to those who might be able to help him regain his freedom?
(a) The delay in receiving an answer from any of them.
(b) The writing style that Bass used in writing the letters.
(c) The quick and misleading answer he received.
(d) The lack of reliability to Bass exhibited later.

5. Based on Author Northrup's description of the Christmastime gatherings attended by slaves and plantation owners, what seemed to be missing from the festivities?
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Music.
(d) Clergymen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the inspiration behind the name of the area that known as "Bayou Bœuf"?

2. Before Solomon left Mr. Eldret's plantation to travel to Ford's plantation for a visit, what did he learn about him?

3. In one word, describe the type of work that Edwin Epps' slave driver did for him.

4. What was the main contributing factor that led toward the development of a friendship between Mrs. Ford and Solomon?

5. What was the likely thought type that raised the level of respect for Marshall among those who lived in Bayou Bœuf after he killed the man from Natchez?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Solomon feels more like a real human being while working for Judge Turner in Chapter 14 of the book?

2. In Chapter 13 of the story, what was expected of the slaves who worked the cotton fields for Epps?

3. In Chapter 19 of the book, how did Solomon and Bass manage to meet secretly with one another to plan how arrangements for restoring Solomon's freedom would be handled?

4. What could cause trouble for the slaves weighing the cotton that they had picked at the plantation run by Epps in Chapter 13 of the book?

5. In Chapter 15 of the story, what were some of the everyday things that Solomon and the other slaves did not miss at Christmastime?

6. In Chapter 11 of the book, what did Solomon appreciate about the time that he spent at the Ford Plantation following his trek through the Great Pacoudrie Swamp?

7. In Chapter 17, how did Lew Cheney show that he was not the leader whom he claimed to be among the slaves who were planning to escape to Mexico?

8. In Chapter 19 of the book, how did Samuel Bass cooperate with Solomon in terms of helping him get his freedom restored?

9. What happened to some of the slaves who tried to escape from a life in slavery in Chapter 17 of the book?

10. What type of situations involved long waiting times that Solomon had to endure in Chapter 20 of the book?

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