1. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?
(a) Because there was widespread interest in the 12 years that he had spent in slavery.
(b) Because he wanted to become rich and famous.
(c) Because he had always kept a journal about events in his life.
(d) Because no one had written a book about a free man subjected to slavery.

2. What was it that Edwin Epps wanted from Solomon and was not able to get before his rescuers took him away from the plantation?
(a) The identity of the person who had written the letter alerting authorities about Solomon's unlawful enslavement.
(b) The fish trap that he had built.
(c) The details on how he was able to write his own letter asking for help.
(d) His violin.

3. What happened when Solomon and Lawyer Northrup reached Charleston?
(a) A newspaper reporter from the Charleston Herald tried to interview Solomon and Lawyer Northrup.
(b) Both men were treated to a fine dinner by the mayor of Charleston.
(c) Solomon was mistaken for a servant.
(d) Lawyer Northrup discovered that his wallet was missing.

4. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?
(a) He felt good about the way the men treated him.
(b) He did not have an opinion about the way the men treated him.
(c) He felt that the men should have treated him better.
(d) He questioned the way that they treated him.

5. Which of his senses did Solomon rely on the most while trying to figure out what was happening around him after spending his first night at Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City?
(a) His eyesight.
(b) His sense of hearing.
(c) His sense of touch.
(d) His sense of smell.