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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Freeman's customers view the idea of buying slaves from the same family?
(a) They viewed it as a great idea that could keep a slave family together.
(b) They do not view the idea at all--they were simply there to make a slave purchase.
(c) They tried to make slave family-type purchases, because they could get two slaves for the price of one.
(d) They did not like the idea at all.

2. Why did Solomon trust Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton when he first met them?
(a) They gave him the impression that they had his best interest in mind.
(b) They offered him an opportunity to earn high wages.
(c) They were violin music composers.
(d) They recognized his violin-playing potential.

3. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?
(a) To mislead her into a life of slavery.
(b) To help her find the place where freedom papers were issued since she did not know how to get there.
(c) To vouch for her qualifications so that she would be issued freedom papers.
(d) To make sure that the proper freedom papers were issued to her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspired Solomon to want to help William Ford in the transporting of lumber?

2. Why did Lawson take off in such high speed to find William Ford upon Chapin's request?

3. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?

4. What became a problem with the letter that Solomon had Englishman John Manning mail?

5. How were Solomon and the other slaves treated around Goodin's Pen in Richmond, Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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