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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 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) The appeared to like to gossip.
(c) They appeared to be religious.
(d) They did not complain about their life with Ford.

2. Why did William Ford feel obligated to settle his brother's debt?
(a) Because his brother could not take care of his debts.
(b) Because he had promised his father that he would always take care of his brother.
(c) Because he had previously involved himself in it.
(d) Because his brother had approached him for help.

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

4. Overall, how was Solomon likely to feel about John Tibeats?
(a) That he did not know how to fight.
(b) That he should be able to handle him.
(c) That he made threats, but was not capable of carrying them out.
(d) That he was actually a coward.

5. Why did Solomon want the old gentleman from New Orleans who was looking for a coachman to buy him?
(a) Because Solomon had always dreamed of being a coachman.
(b) Because Solomon knew that a coachman got to travel a lot; and he loved to travel.
(c) Because Solomon knew that the demands made upon a coachman were a lot fewer than those made upon a slave.
(d) 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which adjective pair best described Solomon, his brother, and father?

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

4. If Solomon should have been paying attention to anything that was happening while he traveled with Brown and Hamilton that may have been a clear indicator that things may not really be the way that they appeared to be, what should it have been?

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

(see the answer key)

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