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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 led Solomon's rescuers to believe that he was in the Marksville area?
(a) The letter that Parker and Perry had received stated that Solomon was in the Marksville area.
(b) An announcement in a recent Marksville newspaper stating that Solomon was in the area.
(c) The town gossip that the rescuers heard when they arrived in Marksville.
(d) The letter that Parker and Perry had received had been postmarked in Marksville.

2. Who had Solomon been thinking about right before the carriage went by on its way to the main house of the Epps Plantation?
(a) Samuel Bass.
(b) Cephas Parker.
(c) HIs father, Mintus.
(d) His wife, Anne.

3. What caused the action of the Marksville Sheriff taking Solomon into custody to be carried out quickly?
(a) The fact that the deadline to take Solomon into custody was at midnight that date.
(b) Fear of the possibility that Epps might try to hide Solomon so that the Sheriff would not be able to take him into custody.
(c) The fact that Solomon had been waiting to be rescued for a long, long time.
(d) The possibility that a key witness, Samuel Bass might be leaving the state the next day.

4. Based on the description that Solomon wrote, what did his room at Williams' Pen Slave Pen resemble?
(a) A shed.
(b) A hide-out.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) A prison cell.

5. Who prepared and collected all the necessary papers to set Solomon free?
(a) William Perry.
(b) His wife, Anne.
(c) Samuel Bass.
(d) Lawyer Henry B. Northrup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Solomon in high demand at various plantations in Bayou Bœuf during the Christmas season?

2. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?

3. What two facts had to be established in order for Solomon to be set free?

4. What did the fact that Tibeats appeared unexpectedly three times while Solomon was working for Eldret indicate about him?

5. Aside from Bibles, what did William Ford provide his slaves that other slave owners seemed to overlook or not consider to provide them with at all?

(see the answer key)

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