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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. Why was Jacob Brooks willing to accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?
(a) Because he was a gentleman and did not mind accompanying Eliza.
(b) Because he wanted to help Mrs. Berry and her daughter carry out their revenge against Eliza.
(c) Because he knew his way around the City, and could help Eliza find the place where freedom papers were issued with ease.
(d) Because he wanted to impress Mrs. Berry and her daughter.

2. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Theophilus Freeman.
(c) The planter from Natchez.
(d) The gentleman looking for a coachman.

3. 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 their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.
(c) That slave family members be sold and kept together.
(d) That they be sold for the highest price possible.

4. Why was Solomon confident that everything would be fine at home if he left town with Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton?
(a) Because he trusted his wife, Anne to handle things while he was gone. She had done it before.
(b) Because he did not expect to be gone for very long.
(c) Because all of his family members were engaged in routine activities.
(d) Because the children did not need a babysitter; and his wife, Anne was too busy to notice his absence.

5. How were Solomon and Arthur (the slave who boards the Orleans in Norfolk) fundamentally alike?
(a) They both had families to support.
(b) They were both free men.
(c) They both loved and played the violin.
(d) They both shared a desire to escape from slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fact that William Ford's slave, Walton had worked for Ford all of his life and spoke well about him say about Ford?

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

4. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

5. What did the fact that William Ford was willing to buy Eliza's child, Emily, from slave dealer Theophilus Freeman say about Ford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the opening Chapter of the book, what did Solomon Northrup acknowledge as a contributing factor in his decision to write his book?

3. In Chapter 5 of the story, how could Englishman John Manning be described in relation to Solomon?

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

5. How did Solomon improve his life in Chapter 1 of the book?

6. In Chapter 6 of the book, what did Freeman's customers do to examine his merchandise before making a purchase?

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

8. In Chapter 2 of the book, how did Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton persuade Solomon to travel to New York with them?

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

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

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