1. If William Ford was a wealthy plantation owner, how did he manage to get into financial trouble?
(a) The debt was not his--it was actually his sister's.
(b) Mrs. Ford liked living extravagantly.
(c) The bank that he used has closed.
(d) The debt was not his--it was actually his brother's.

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

3. What did the fact that William Ford's slave, Walton had worked for Ford all of his life and spoke well about him say about Ford?
(a) That Ford never sold his slaves.
(b) That Ford was basically a good man.
(c) That Walton had been instructed to not say anything bad about Ford.
(d) That working for Ford was easy.

4. What did the fact that Epps bought a large plantation that the slaves had actually earned for him reveal about him?
(a) That he stole from the hard labor of others.
(b) That he did not see anything wrong with doing that.
(c) That he thought of absolutely no one but himself.
(d) That he felt that he deserved it.

5. For what reason did Epps give Solomon what turned out to be his last whipping?
(a) For lying.
(b) For stealing from him.
(c) For oversleeping.
(d) For having forgotten to clean out the carriage house.