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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. How did Freeman's customers view the idea of buying slaves from the same family?
(a) They viewed it as a great idea that could keep a slave family together.
(b) They tried to make slave family-type purchases, because they could get two slaves for the price of one.
(c) They do not view the idea at all--they were simply there to make a slave purchase.
(d) They did not like the idea at all.

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

3. 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 visiting pass to the plantation of his choice.
(b) A higher position among Ford's slaves.
(c) Experience in raft-building.
(d) Victory over Adam Taydem.

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

5. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?
(a) Brown and Hamilton became anxious to get to the circus.
(b) Brown and Hamilton began talking about leaving the circus.
(c) Solomon noticed that Brown and Hamilton were whispering to one another most of the time.
(d) Brown and Hamilton were not as friendly to Solomon as they had been before.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one phrase, describe how Solomon perceived William Ford to be of value to him.

2. For the most part, how did Solomon consider his life as a slave for William Ford to be?

3. Why did Lawson take off in such high speed to find William Ford upon Chapin's request?

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

5. Realistically, what did Solomon's owner, John M. Tibeats consider him to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6 of the book, who suffered during the sale conducted at Freeman's Pen?

4. 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?

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

6. In Chapter 6 of the book, what type of slave did Freeman's customers want to buy?

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

8. How did Solomon prove to be a resourceful type of person for his master, William Ford in Chapter 7 of the book?

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

10. In Chapter 8 of the book, how did Mr. Chapin protect Solomon from being hurt or murdered by John Tibeats?

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