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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspired Solomon to want to help William Ford in the transporting of lumber?
(a) The kind manner that William Ford treated him and the other slaves.
(b) His desire to show his high level of intelligence.
(c) His desire to impress William Ford.
(d) His desire to show that he was capable of handling the job better than Adam Taydem.

2. How did the slaves treat Solomon after his ordeal with Tibeats was over?
(a) With disinterest.
(b) With kindness.
(c) With curiosity.
(d) With jealousy.

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

4. 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 sense of smell.
(b) His eyesight.
(c) His sense of hearing.
(d) His sense of touch.

5. What major error did Solomon commit with respect to his perception of Brown and Hamilton?
(a) He considered both men to be quite entertaining.
(b) He considered them to be sincere in their actions toward him.
(c) He considered them to be his friends.
(d) He considered himself lucky to have met them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Arthur's life change when the Orleans reached the dock in New Orleans?

3. 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?

4. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?

5. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7 of the book, how was Solomon's new master, John M. Tibeats different from William Ford?

2. In Chapter 7 of the book, how was Solomon rewarded after his lumber-transporting efforts prove to be successful in getting William Ford's lumber to its destination a lot faster?

3. In Chapter 2 of the book, why did Solomon decide to leave Saratoga Springs and head for New York?

4. In Chapter 3 of the book, what type of role did Jacob Brooks play in the life of Eliza?

5. In Chapter 7 of the book, what set William Ford apart from the way that other slave owners treated their slaves?

6. As Chapter 2 ends, and Chapter 3 begins, how did Solomon discover that he was being held in slavery?

7. How was the slaves' departure from Washington City carried out in Chapter 4 of the book?

8. What was Solomon's first impression of Eliza in Chapter 3 of the book?

9. In Chapter 7 of the book, how could Solomon's new master, William Ford be characterized?

10. What prompted Solomon to want to help William Ford in terms of saving time and raising profits in Chapter 7 of the book?

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