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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The approach toward Solomon by two individuals on the Epps Plantation signaled which of the following?
(a) The transfer of Solomon's enslavement to the McCoy Plantation.
(b) The continuation of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.
(c) The beginning of the end of Solomon's enslavement.
(d) The beginning of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.
2. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?
(a) They were upset about their life with Ford.
(b) They appeared to be religious.
(c) They did not complain about their life with Ford.
(d) The appeared to like to gossip.
3. Why was Epps upset with the slaves the morning that Lawyer Northrup and the Sheriff arrived at the plantation looking for Solomon?
(a) Because he thought that they were not doing anything.
(b) Because he believed that they had alerted the Sheriff that Solomon--a free man--was at his Plantation.
(c) Because he believed that they had alerted Lawyer Henry B. Northrup that Solomon was at his Plantation.
(d) Because he thought that they viewed him as a drunk.
4. How did people in the South make money at the time that Solomon was sold to Edwin Epps?
(a) By raising pigs.
(b) By turning in slave dealers.
(c) By catching runaway slaves.
(d) By catching possums.
5. What did Freeman's customers tend to keep in mind as they shopped around his pen?
(a) That Freeman was known to charge more than what his animals were really worth.
(b) That although Freeman had the highest prices in town, he did offer the best animals on the market.
(c) That they were there to buy a clean and hardworking animal in tip-top condition.
(d) That regardless of the animal that they chose, they would get a good price from Freeman.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Mary McCoy become the owner of the Norwood Plantation?
2. What separated William Ford from other slave owners in Bayou Bœuf?
3. How did Tibeats feel when he told Solomon that he had sold him to Edwin Epps?
4. According to Author Northrup, what disturbed the peace around the Epps plantation?
5. Why did Solomon not want the other slaves to know about his past?
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