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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the entertainment-type acts that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton specialized in could account for their ability to persuade Solomon to travel with them based on a promise of high wages that unexpectedly took a turn and thrust him into the clutches of slavery instead?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Ventriloquism.
(c) Frying pancakes in a hat.
(d) Causing invisible pigs to squeal.

2. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?
(a) Solomon noticed that Brown and Hamilton were whispering to one another most of the time.
(b) Brown and Hamilton were not as friendly to Solomon as they had been before.
(c) Brown and Hamilton began talking about leaving the circus.
(d) Brown and Hamilton became anxious to get to the circus.

3. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?
(a) He was remorseful.
(b) He was aggressive.
(c) He was unyielding.
(d) He was committed.

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 questioned the way that they 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 felt good about the way the men treated him.

5. In general, how did Mrs. Berry and her daughter feel about Eliza?
(a) Mrs. Berry and her daughter felt sorry for Eliza.
(b) Mrs. Berry and her daughter did not like Eliza.
(c) Mrs. Berry and her daughter were very fond of Eliza.
(d) Mrs. Berry and her daughter had a lot of respect Eliza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?

2. How did Burch react when Solomon first met him and told him that he was feeling sick?

3. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

4. How can the manner in which Solomon, Eliza, and the other slaves were led from Williams' Slave Pen and onto the Orleans best be described?

5. From what Solomon could tell, what was the exterior design of Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City supposed to accomplish?

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