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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did people in the South make money at the time that Solomon was sold to Edwin Epps?
(a) By catching runaway slaves.
(b) By turning in slave dealers.
(c) By catching possums.
(d) By raising pigs.

3. Overall, what was Epps most concerned about when Solomon fell ill?
(a) Time.
(b) Money.
(c) His own reputation.
(d) Solomon's health.

4. What type of work did Mr. Eldret have Solomon handle for him?
(a) Raft building.
(b) Cotton picking.
(c) Land clearing.
(d) Loom building.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Solomon not want the other slaves to know about his past?

2. Why was Eliza likely to have suggested to Solomon that he may be better off dead than dealing with Tibeats?

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 did Solomon receive for Christmas, 1852?

5. How did Solomon view Bass to be in relation to his lifestyle?

(see the answer key)

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