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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Solomon and Arthur (the slave who boards the Orleans in Norfolk) fundamentally alike?
(a) They were both free men.
(b) They both had families to support.
(c) They both shared a desire to escape from slavery.
(d) They both loved and played the violin.

2. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?
(a) Because there was widespread interest in the 12 years that he had spent in slavery.
(b) Because he had always kept a journal about events in his life.
(c) Because no one had written a book about a free man subjected to slavery.
(d) Because he wanted to become rich and famous.

3. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) The impression that she fetl out of place.
(b) The impression that she was familiar with Williams' Slave Pen.
(c) The impression that she had been a slave all of her life.
(d) The impression that she had lived above the level of a slave.

4. What was the basis of the quarrel that took place between Solomon and Burch?
(a) Whether Solomon was stronger than Burch.
(b) Whether Solomon was a free man.
(c) Whether Solomon was jealous of Burch.
(d) Whether Solomon was a hard worker.

5. How did Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treat Solomon while traveling to New York?
(a) They did not speak to him very much.
(b) With kindness and respect.
(c) They treated him like a hired hand.
(d) They treated him in a business-like manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. If at any time during his travels with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton, Solomon felt any doubt about their true motive, what did he base it upon?

2. What could be said about the type of access that Solomon and the other slaves had with respect to the yard that surrounded Williams' Slave Pen?

3. In general, how did Mrs. Berry and her daughter feel about Eliza?

4. How did Solomon describe the interaction among Eliza, Randall, and Emily at the time that they first saw each other?

5. Why was Solomon confident that everything would be fine at home if he left town with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton?

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