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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What circumstances allowed Solomon Northrup to be born a free man?
(a) Solomon's mother was a free woman.
(b) Solomon was born after the United States Civil War.
(c) Solomon's father was a free man.
(d) Solomon had been born in Canada, and his family had migrated to the United States.

2. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?
(a) That he did not seem to be able to punish Solomon by himself.
(b) That he always had to have help from others.
(c) That he thought that he could punish Solomon by himself.
(d) That he was never sure that his plan would work because of Solomon's size.

3. Which adjective pair best described Solomon, his brother, and father?
(a) Fun-loving and fair.
(b) Hardworking and respectable.
(c) Generous and hardworking.
(d) Critical and respectable.

4. What did Solomon believe to be a contributing factor toward William Ford owning slaves despite the fact that he was a Christian?
(a) His inability to do all the work around the plantation by himself.
(b) The environment that Ford had lived in.
(c) He believed that slaves could provide cheap and reliable labor.
(d) He bought and owned slaves to keep them from being bought and treated harshly by others.

5. How did Solomon view his carpentry work under Myers?
(a) As an opportunity to escape from the area.
(b) As a learning experience.
(c) As an escape from the ordinary.
(d) As an escape from Tibeats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

5. For the most part, how did Solomon consider his life as a slave for William Ford to be?

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