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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In general, how did Solomon describe how Bass was regarded by others?
(a) Disliked and avoided.
(b) Somewhat liked and respected.
(c) Well-liked and respected.
(d) Unable to tell because Bass was so unpredictable.

2. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?
(a) He felt good about the way the men treated him.
(b) He did not have an opinion about the way the men treated him.
(c) He questioned the way that they treated him.
(d) He felt that the men should have treated him better.

3. Why did Tibeats not attack Ford when Ford confronted him about his mistreatment of Solomon?
(a) Because he was planning to attack Ford at a later time.
(b) Because Tibeats respected Ford as a man.
(c) Because he knew that he would get in trouble with Chapin.
(d) Because Ford was a lot older than him and he did not fight older men.

4. What was one thing that slaves who get married at Christmastime had to have in order to take their vows?
(a) Their owner's consent.
(b) The ability to sign their name.
(c) The right type of clothes.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Solomon could tell, what was the exterior design of Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City supposed to accomplish?

2. In one phrase, describe how Solomon perceived William Ford to be of value to him.

3. What did Bass view as a more effective means for getting help for Solomon to be freed from slavery?

4. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?

5. What became a problem with the letter that Solomon had Englishman John Manning mail?

(see the answer key)

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