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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 was the nature of the meetings that Bass held with Solomon with regard to restoring his freedom?
(a) Open.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Typical.
(d) Secretive.

2. How did people in the South make money at the time that Solomon was sold to Edwin Epps?
(a) By catching runaway slaves.
(b) By catching possums.
(c) By turning in slave dealers.
(d) By raising pigs.

3. In characterizing Judge Turner, how was he like the other planters in Bayou Bœuf?
(a) He expected the slaves to work and produce for him.
(b) He treated them like animals.
(c) He believed that slaves could be profitable for him.
(d) He abused and mistreated them.

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

5. What type of reputation did Solomon maintain while living in Saratoga Springs?
(a) Hardworking and respectable.
(b) Trustworthy and educated.
(c) Educated and hardworking.
(d) Clean-cut and respectable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became a problem with the letter that Solomon had Englishman John Manning mail?

2. Where were Anne and the children living when Solomon returned to New York?

3. Why did Solomon trust Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton when he first met them?

4. If Solomon should have been paying attention to anything that was happening while he traveled with Brown and Hamilton that may have been a clear indicator that things may not really be the way that they appeared to be, what should it have been?

5. Which male pair below provided Solomon with sweet type work?

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