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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 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 sense of touch.
(b) His eyesight.
(c) His sense of hearing.
(d) His sense of smell.

2. How did Burch react when Solomon first met him and told him that he was feeling sick?
(a) He sent for a doctor immediately.
(b) He did not react. He continued to go about his business.
(c) He suggested that Solomon stay in bed until he felt better.
(d) He was sympathetic and offered Solomon his help.

3. How did Radburn treat Solomon following the beating by Burch?
(a) With cruelty.
(b) With understanding.
(c) With a bad attitude.
(d) With mixed feelings.

4. 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 became anxious to get to the circus.
(c) Brown and Hamilton were not as friendly to Solomon as they had been before.
(d) Brown and Hamilton began talking about leaving the circus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?

2. Why was Jacob Brooks willing to accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

3. 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?

4. What circumstances allowed Solomon Northrup to be born a free man?

5. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?

(see the answer key)

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