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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The approach toward Solomon by two individuals on the Epps Plantation signaled which of the following?
(a) The beginning of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.
(b) The beginning of the end of Solomon's enslavement.
(c) The transfer of Solomon's enslavement to the McCoy Plantation.
(d) The continuation of Solomon's enslavement at the Epps Plantation.

2. Which of his senses did Solomon rely on the most while trying to figure out what was happening around him after spending his first night at Williams' Slave Pen in Washington City?
(a) His eyesight.
(b) His sense of hearing.
(c) His sense of touch.
(d) His sense of smell.

3. What concerned Solomon the most after Bass wrote and sent letters to those who might be able to help him regain his freedom?
(a) The lack of reliability to Bass exhibited later.
(b) The writing style that Bass used in writing the letters.
(c) The quick and misleading answer he received.
(d) The delay in receiving an answer from any of them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the likely reason that Tibeats went off and returned with a couple of men following his fight with Solomon?

2. What led Solomon's rescuers to believe that he was in the Marksville area?

3. In general, how did Solomon describe how Bass was regarded by others?

4. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?

5. How could the outcome of the talk between William Ford and John M. Tibeats with respect to the mistreatment of Solomon be described?

(see the answer key)

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