View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of his senses did Solomon rely on the most while trying to figure out what was happening around him after spending his first night at Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City?
(a) His sense of touch.
(b) His eyesight.
(c) His sense of smell.
(d) His sense of hearing.

3. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?
(a) That slave family members be sold and kept together.
(b) That their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.
(c) That feuding slave family members be sold to different dealers.
(d) That they be sold for the highest price possible.

4. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?
(a) They were upset about their life with Ford.
(b) They appeared to be religious.
(c) They did not complain about their life with Ford.
(d) The appeared to like to gossip.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was it important to Chapin to keep a dog on the property of the great house where he and Solomon stayed?

3. How was Solomon able to get directions to Ford's Plantation after his run through the Great Pacoudrie Swamp?

4. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?

5. How did Solomon feel about his father?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 493 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample