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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) He learned that some of the slaves were planning to escape.
(b) He learned that other slaves had escaped from that yard.
(c) He learned that there were other slave pens nearby.
(d) He learned the background of the other slaves.

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 unsupervised.
(b) That it was based on the honor system.
(c) That it was restricted.
(d) That it was risky.

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

4. What major error did Solomon commit with respect to his perception of Brown and Hamilton?
(a) He considered himself lucky to have met them.
(b) He considered them to be his friends.
(c) He considered them to be sincere in their actions toward him.
(d) He considered both men to be quite entertaining.

5. Why did Solomon have a different attitude about working for Judge Turner?
(a) Because he and Judge Turner were friends.
(b) Because Judge Turner paid him and he felt rewarded for his work.
(c) Because Judge Turner and William Ford were friends; and Solomon wanted to make a good impression.
(d) Because Judge Turner provideed very good meals for his workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the fact that William Ford was willing to buy Eliza's child, Emily, from slave dealer Theophilus Freeman say about Ford?

3. 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?

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

5. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?

(see the answer key)

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