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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 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?
(a) That it was restricted.
(b) That it was unsupervised.
(c) That it was risky.
(d) That it was based on the honor system.

2. Why did Solomon want the old gentleman from New Orleans who was looking for a coachman to buy him?
(a) Because Solomon knew that it would not be difficult to hop on a steamer in New Orleans and head back to his life of freedom in New York.
(b) Because Solomon had always dreamed of being a coachman.
(c) Because Solomon knew that a coachman got to travel a lot; and he loved to travel.
(d) Because Solomon knew that the demands made upon a coachman were a lot fewer than those made upon a slave.

3. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?
(a) As an unlucky one for Solomon and Eliza only.
(b) As a lucky one for Harry and Solomon only.
(c) As a lucky one for all of them.
(d) As an unlucky one for all of them.

4. If William Ford was a wealthy plantation owner, how did he manage to get into financial trouble?
(a) Mrs. Ford liked living extravagantly.
(b) The bank that he used has closed.
(c) The debt was not his--it was actually his sister's.
(d) The debt was not his--it was actually his brother's.

5. 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?
(a) Orderly.
(b) Brisk.
(c) Secretive.
(d) Questionable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Based on the description that Solomon wrote, what did his room at Williams' Pen Slave Pen resemble?

3. How did Solomon view his carpentry work under Myers?

4. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?

5. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?

(see the answer key)

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