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

2. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?
(a) He was committed.
(b) He was aggressive.
(c) He was remorseful.
(d) He was unyielding.

3. From what Solomon could tell, what was the exterior design of Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City supposed to accomplish?
(a) Provide shelter from rain.
(b) Conceal the slaves.
(c) Impress the neighbors.
(d) Attract attention.

4. Which of the entertainment-type acts that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton specialized in could account for their ability to persuade Solomon to travel with them based on a promise of high wages that unexpectedly took a turn and thrust him into the clutches of slavery instead?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Causing invisible pigs to squeal.
(c) Ventriloquism.
(d) Frying pancakes in a hat.

5. How were Solomon and Arthur (the slave who boards the Orleans in Norfolk) fundamentally alike?
(a) They both shared a desire to escape from slavery.
(b) They both loved and played the violin.
(c) They both had families to support.
(d) They were both free men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Realistically, what did Solomon's owner, John M. Tibeats consider him to be?

2. Who was likely to be behind the idea of Jacob Brooks taking Eliza to get her freedom papers?

3. How did Solomon feel about his father?

4. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?

5. How did the raft that Solomon built for William Ford's lumber transporting business benefit Ford?

(see the answer key)

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