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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was actually a coward.
(c) That he should be able to handle him.
(d) That he did not know how to fight.

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

3. How did Solomon view his carpentry work under Myers?
(a) As a learning experience.
(b) As an escape from the ordinary.
(c) As an escape from Tibeats.
(d) As an opportunity to escape from the area.

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

5. What separated William Ford from other slave owners in Bayou Bœuf?
(a) Once he bought slaves, he never sold them.
(b) He taught his slaves about God and provided them with Bibles.
(c) He did not keep slaves whom he bought for more than three months.
(d) He taught each one of them a different trade.

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

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

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

9. If Solomon should have been paying attention to anything that was happening while he traveled with Brown and Hamilton that may have been a clear indicator that things may not really be the way that they appeared to be, what should it have been?
(a) That there was a lot of whispering going on between Brown and Hamilton.
(b) That the duo gave Solomon a series of drinks that he did not expect.
(c) That they were not getting to the circus despite the duo's claim that they should get there quickly.
(d) That the men did not seem to mind spending extra time in Washington City despite their rush to get to the circus.

10. Aside from providing Solomon with favorable notoriety around Bayou Bœuf, his raft-building for Ford also provided him with which of the following?
(a) A higher position among Ford's slaves.
(b) A visiting pass to the plantation of his choice.
(c) Victory over Adam Taydem.
(d) Experience in raft-building.

11. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?
(a) He questioned the way that they treated him.
(b) He felt good about the way the men treated him.
(c) He did not have an opinion about the way the men treated him.
(d) He felt that the men should have treated him better.

12. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?
(a) That feuding slave family members be sold to different dealers.
(b) That slave family members be sold and kept together.
(c) That they be sold for the highest price possible.
(d) That their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.

13. Realistically, what did Solomon's owner, John M. Tibeats consider him to be?
(a) Beneath him, but stronger than him.
(b) Beneath him and weaker than him.
(c) Above him and stronger than him.
(d) Weaker than him, but above him in status.

14. How did Burch react when Solomon first met him and told him that he was feeling sick?
(a) He suggested that Solomon stay in bed until he felt better.
(b) He was sympathetic and offered Solomon his help.
(c) He sent for a doctor immediately.
(d) He did not react. He continued to go about his business.

15. How did Ford's other slaves--Sally, Rose, Walton, and John come across to Solomon when he met them?
(a) They were upset about their life with Ford.
(b) They did not complain about their life with Ford.
(c) The appeared to like to gossip.
(d) They appeared to be religious.

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. 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?

3. Why did Solomon want the old gentleman from New Orleans who was looking for a coachman to buy him?

4. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?

5. What inspired Solomon to want to help William Ford in the transporting of lumber?

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