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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?
(a) To mislead her into a life of slavery.
(b) To make sure that the proper freedom papers were issued to her.
(c) To vouch for her qualifications so that she would be issued freedom papers.
(d) To help her find the place where freedom papers were issued since she did not know how to get there.

2. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) The impression that she fetl out of place.
(b) The impression that she had lived above the level of a slave.
(c) The impression that she had been a slave all of her life.
(d) The impression that she was familiar with Williams' Slave Pen.

3. Why did William Ford feel obligated to settle his brother's debt?
(a) Because his brother had approached him for help.
(b) Because he had previously involved himself in it.
(c) Because he had promised his father that he would always take care of his brother.
(d) Because his brother could not take care of his debts.

4. Why did Lawson take off in such high speed to find William Ford upon Chapin's request?
(a) He wanted to show just how fast he could make his mule run.
(b) He wanted to beat the last speed record he set while running his mule into town.
(c) He wanted to impress Mr. Chapin.
(d) He really wanted to get Solomon some help.

5. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) He learned the background of the other slaves.
(b) He learned that there were other slave pens nearby.
(c) He learned that other slaves had escaped from that yard.
(d) He learned that some of the slaves were planning to escape.

6. Why was Clemens Ray upset as he headed south aboard the Orleans?
(a) He was having to leave his children behind.
(b) He was not sure who his new master was going to be.
(c) He was having to leave longtime friends behind.
(d) He was being separated from his wife.

7. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?
(a) That he always had to have help from others.
(b) That he was never sure that his plan would work because of Solomon's size.
(c) That he thought that he could punish Solomon by himself.
(d) That he did not seem to be able to punish Solomon by himself.

8. If William Ford was a wealthy plantation owner, how did he manage to get into financial trouble?
(a) The debt was not his--it was actually his sister's.
(b) The debt was not his--it was actually his brother's.
(c) The bank that he used has closed.
(d) Mrs. Ford liked living extravagantly.

9. Why did Solomon trust Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton when he first met them?
(a) They gave him the impression that they had his best interest in mind.
(b) They offered him an opportunity to earn high wages.
(c) They recognized his violin-playing potential.
(d) They were violin music composers.

10. Overall, how was Solomon likely to feel about John Tibeats?
(a) That he made threats, but was not capable of carrying them out.
(b) That he should be able to handle him.
(c) That he did not know how to fight.
(d) That he was actually a coward.

11. Why did Chapin send for Ford when he was the overseer of Ford's Plantation?
(a) Because he felt that Ford had the final word on any dispute with Tibeats.
(b) Because he knew that Tibeats would not attack Ford.
(c) Because he knew that Ford was likely to have the Sheriff present when dealing with Tibeats.
(d) Because he was afraid of Tibeats.

12. How did Radburn treat Solomon following the beating by Burch?
(a) With cruelty.
(b) With mixed feelings.
(c) With a bad attitude.
(d) With understanding.

13. How did Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treat Solomon while traveling to New York?
(a) With kindness and respect.
(b) They did not speak to him very much.
(c) They treated him like a hired hand.
(d) They treated him in a business-like manner.

14. How could the purchase of Solomon, Eliza, and Harry from Freeman be viewed?
(a) As an unlucky one for Solomon and Eliza only.
(b) As an unlucky one for all of them.
(c) As a lucky one for all of them.
(d) As a lucky one for Harry and Solomon only.

15. What did Solomon find to be unusual during his stay at the hospital for the treatment of small pox?
(a) That the same nurse tended to him during his entire stay.
(b) That he was never given any medicine.
(c) That coffins were being built behind the hospital.
(d) That there were no doctors in the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?

3. Who was likely to be behind the idea of Jacob Brooks taking Eliza to get her freedom papers?

4. How were Solomon and the other slaves treated around Goodin's Pen in Richmond, Virginia?

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

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