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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) Victory over Adam Taydem.
(c) A higher position among Ford's slaves.
(d) A visiting pass to the plantation of his choice.

2. What could be said about the type of access that Solomon and the other slaves had with respect to the yard that surrounded Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) That it was risky.
(b) That it was restricted.
(c) That it was based on the honor system.
(d) That it was unsupervised.

3. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) The impression that she was familiar with Williams' Slave Pen.
(b) The impression that she had lived above the level of a slave.
(c) The impression that she had been a slave all of her life.
(d) The impression that she fetl out of place.

4. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?
(a) As an unlucky one for Solomon and Eliza only.
(b) As a lucky one for Harry and Solomon only.
(c) As a lucky one for all of them.
(d) As an unlucky one for all of them.

5. Aside from Bibles, what did William Ford provide his slaves that other slave owners seemed to overlook or not consider to provide them with at all?
(a) Skillet.
(b) Bath soap.
(c) Winter clothing.
(d) Fork.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Solomon confident that everything would be fine at home if he left town with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton?

2. Why did William Ford feel obligated to settle his brother's debt?

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

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

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

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