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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 the basis of the quarrel that took place between Solomon and Burch?
(a) Whether Solomon was jealous of Burch.
(b) Whether Solomon was stronger than Burch.
(c) Whether Solomon was a hard worker.
(d) Whether Solomon was a free man.

2. Why were men in the North not allowed to settle disputes with pistols or fistfights?
(a) Because neither person in a duel or a fistfight ever won.
(b) Because they lived in a civilized society.
(c) Because there were no cemeteries in the North.
(d) Because there were no hospitals in the North.

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) Experience in raft-building.
(b) A visiting pass to the plantation of his choice.
(c) Victory over Adam Taydem.
(d) A higher position among Ford's slaves.

4. Who was likely to be behind the idea of Jacob Brooks taking Eliza to get her freedom papers?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Jacob Brooks.
(c) Elisha Berry.
(d) Mrs. Berry and her daughter.

5. Why was Bass hesitant to write additional letters to try to get help for Solomon?
(a) Because he was not sure that they letter recipients could not read his writing.
(b) Because he had already written a lot of them and had not received a reply from any of the recipients.
(c) Because he was not sure that the letters were not being delivered.
(d) Because he thought that the Postmaster in Marksville might become curious about his endeavor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?

2. How did Burch react when Solomon first met him and told him that he was feeling sick?

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

4. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?

5. Why did Lawson take off in such high speed to find William Ford upon Chapin's request?

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