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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piqued Bass' interest to want to know how Solomon had made his way to Louisiana?
(a) The fact that the Underground Railroad had not been built yet.
(b) The fact that the Underground Railroad led only from South to North.
(c) The fact that Solomon was eager to travel in a northeasterly direction.
(d) The fact that Solomon had visited a few cities in Canada.

2. What had Epps threatened the slaves with before the carriage came into the Epps Plantation, headed for the main house?
(a) Forcing them to stay up and dance with him for the next three nights.
(b) Forcing them to work in the cold.
(c) Withholding their meals for the next couple of days.
(d) A whipping for not working enough.

3. What was the main contributing factor that led toward the development of a friendship between Mrs. Ford and Solomon?
(a) An act of kindness toward Solomon by Mrs. Ford.
(b) Mrs. Ford being lonely and Solomon being generous with the time that he spent talking to her.
(c) William Ford suggesting to his wife that she be more pleasant toward Solomon.
(d) An act of kindness toward Mrs. Ford by Solomon.

4. The approach toward Solomon by two individuals on the Epps Plantation signaled which of the following?
(a) The beginning of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.
(b) The transfer of Solomon's enslavement to the McCoy Plantation.
(c) The beginning of the end of Solomon's enslavement.
(d) The continuation of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.

5. What did Solomon do when he arrived in RIchmond?
(a) They filed a complaint against James Burch for having kidnapped Solomon and sold him into slavery.
(b) He prayed that God would return him and Mr. Northrup back to New York safely.
(c) He wrote his wife Anne a letter to let her know that he was fine and on his way back to New York with Lawyer Northrup.
(d) He showed Northrup the location of Goodin's Slave Pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?

2. In characterizing Judge Turner, how was he like the other planters in Bayou Bœuf?

3. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?

4. What seemed to be most valued by Epps' slaves at Christmastime?

5. What type of person did John Tibeats prove himself to be doing during the time that Solomon was working for Mr. Eldret?

(see the answer key)

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