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

2. 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) Attract attention.
(c) Conceal the slaves.
(d) Impress the neighbors.

3. 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) Causing invisible pigs to squeal.
(b) Legerdemain.
(c) Frying pancakes in a hat.
(d) Ventriloquism.

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

5. Who seemed to suffer the most among Epps' slaves?
(a) Bob.
(b) Patsey.
(c) Wiley.
(d) Phebe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because it appeared that both the slaves and the white folks would put their differences aside at Chrismastime, what was the common denominator that encouraged both groups to do that?

2. What major error did Solomon commit with respect to his perception of Brown and Hamilton?

3. What was the likely thought type that raised the level of respect for Marshall among those who lived in Bayou Bœuf after he killed the man from Natchez?

4. What kept Solomon from joining the other slaves in their nighttime 'coon and opossum-hunting expeditions?

5. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?

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