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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 type of reputation did Solomon maintain while living in Saratoga Springs?
(a) Clean-cut and respectable.
(b) Educated and hardworking.
(c) Hardworking and respectable.
(d) Trustworthy and educated.

2. 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.

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

4. Why was Solomon confident that everything would be fine at home if he left town with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton?
(a) Because he did not expect to be gone for very long.
(b) Because all of his family members were engaged in routine activities.
(c) Because he trusted his wife, Anne to handle things while he was gone. She had done it before.
(d) Because the children did not need a babysitter; and his wife, Anne was too busy to notice his absence.

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) Questionable.
(c) Secretive.
(d) Brisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tibeats not attack Ford when Ford confronted him about his mistreatment of Solomon?

2. What did Solomon find to be unusual during his stay at the hospital for the treatment of small pox?

3. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?

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

5. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?

(see the answer key)

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