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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Winter clothing.
(b) Skillet.
(c) Bath soap.
(d) Fork.

3. What was the likely reason that Tibeats went off and returned with a couple of men following his fight with Solomon?
(a) He was not sure that he could handle a fight against Solomon by himself.
(b) Tibeats had paid them to help him fight Solomon.
(c) The men were known to be available at any time that Tibeats needed them.
(d) Tibeats had a problem with his right shoulder.

4. What separated William Ford from other slave owners in Bayou Bœuf?
(a) He taught his slaves about God and provided them with Bibles.
(b) He taught each one of them a different trade.
(c) He did not keep slaves whom he bought for more than three months.
(d) Once he bought slaves, he never sold them.

5. Shortly after buying them, how did William Ford show Solomon and the other slaves that he was compassionate toward them?
(a) He had a doctor examine the slaves regularly to make sure that their health was in good order.
(b) He allowed the slaves to stop and rest frequently as they recuperate from small pox.
(c) He allowed them to eat hearty meals in his mansion on a regular basis.
(d) He provided the slaves with frequent passes so that they could visit their relatives who lived close by.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treat Solomon while traveling to New York?

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

3. Which of the following was one thing that Tibeats had a reputation of using when trying to out-maneuver his enemies?

4. What did Freeman's customers tend to keep in mind as they shopped around his pen?

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

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