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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Aside from providing Solomon with favorable notoriety around Bayou Bœuf, his raft-building for Ford also provided him with which of the following?
(a) A higher position among Ford's slaves.
(b) Victory over Adam Taydem.
(c) A visiting pass to the plantation of his choice.
(d) Experience in raft-building.

5. 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) He believed that slaves could provide cheap and reliable labor.
(c) He bought and owned slaves to keep them from being bought and treated harshly by others.
(d) The environment that Ford had lived in.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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