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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mary McCoy become the owner of the Norwood Plantation?
(a) She purchased it from William Ford.
(b) She inherited the Plantation from her parents who died.
(c) She bought it from Edwin Epps.
(d) Her late husband willed it to her.

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

3. Which of the following critter types was most costly to the planters?
(a) The red ant.
(b) The worm.
(c) The caterpillar.
(d) The termite.

4. 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) Ventriloquism.
(c) Frying pancakes in a hat.
(d) Legerdemain.

5. According to Author Northrup, what disturbed the peace around the Epps plantation?
(a) The sounds made by flying wild geese.
(b) The sounds of trains passing by a couple of miles away.
(c) The non-stop crowing of roosters.
(d) The sound of a slave being whipped.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people in the South make money at the time that Solomon was sold to Edwin Epps?

2. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?

3. What was the main contributing factor that led toward the development of a friendship between Mrs. Ford and Solomon?

4. Which male pair below provided Solomon with sweet type work?

5. What was the nature of the meetings that Bass held with Solomon with regard to restoring his freedom?

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