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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 were men in the North not allowed to settle disputes with pistols or fistfights?
(a) Because there were no hospitals in the North.
(b) Because neither person in a duel or a fistfight ever won.
(c) Because there were no cemeteries in the North.
(d) Because they lived in a civilized society.

2. Who seemed to suffer the most among Epps' slaves?
(a) Wiley.
(b) Phebe.
(c) Patsey.
(d) Bob.

3. Who was in the carriage that flew by Solomon and the other slaves, headed toward the main house of the Epps Plantation?
(a) William Ford and Lawyer Henry B. Northrup.
(b) John Tibeats and Lawyer Henry B. Northrup.
(c) Lawyer Henry B. Northrup and the Sheriff.
(d) Mary McCoy and the Sheriff.

4. What was the reason behind Avery hiring Solomon to help him build a house for Epps?
(a) Solomon had been highly recommended to him by Epps.
(b) Solomon had a reputation of being a hard worker.
(c) He could not find anyone else to help him build the house for Epps.
(d) Solomon had helped him build house for others in the past.

5. What was Solomon doing when the carriage whisked by on its way to the main house of the Epps Plantation?
(a) He was working in the field.
(b) He was helping Mrs. Epps in the garden.
(c) He was having his breakfast.
(d) He was dropping his fish trap into the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mary McCoy become the owner of the Norwood Plantation?

2. Who was the slaves' best-loved plantation owner in Bayou Bœuf?

3. How can it best be said that Solomon described Bass?

4. How could Bass' efforts to help Solomon regain his freedom be described?

5. Why did Solomon not want the other slaves to know about his past?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of consequences did Epps have to face for chasing the young and beautiful slave, Patsey in Chapter 16 of the book?

2. In Chapter 19 of the book, how did Samuel Bass cooperate with Solomon in terms of helping him get his freedom restored?

3. In Chapter 13 of the story, what was expected of the slaves who worked the cotton fields for Epps?

4. What happened to some of the slaves who tried to escape from a life in slavery in Chapter 17 of the book?

5. In Chapter 19 of the book, how did Solomon and Bass manage to meet secretly with one another to plan how arrangements for restoring Solomon's freedom would be handled?

6. In Chapter 12 of the story, why was the day following a night of Epps drinking especially hard on the slaves?

7. Why did Solomon feels more like a real human being while working for Judge Turner in Chapter 14 of the book?

8. In Chapter 16 of the book, how did Solomon lead Epps to believe that he was making the slaves work hard in the cotton field?

9. How did the some of the slaves change their appearance at Christmastime in Chapter 15 of the book?

10. In Chapter 17, how did Lew Cheney show that he was not the leader whom he claimed to be among the slaves who were planning to escape to Mexico?

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