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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. Overall, what was Epps most concerned about when Solomon fell ill?
(a) Money.
(b) Solomon's health.
(c) His own reputation.
(d) Time.

2. What was the inspiration behind the name of the area that known as "Bayou Bœuf"?
(a) A great statesman who lived in the area.
(b) The bayou that ran through the area.
(c) Tame and untamed cattle.
(d) Tame and untamed pigs.

3. What type of support did Bass contribute toward Solomon's quest for freedom?
(a) Letter writing, unjust, and illegal.
(b) Letter writing, intellectual, and legal.
(c) Letter writing, financial, and moral.
(d) Letter writing, research, and moral.

4. How can it best be said that Solomon described Bass?
(a) Friendly and firm.
(b) Unfriendly, soft-spoken, yet intelligent.
(c) Friendly, intelligent, soft-spoken, yet firm.
(d) Unfriendly and indecisive.

5. Why did Edwin Epps refuse to get rid of Patsey despite being urged to do so by Mrs. Epps?
(a) Because she was too valuable in the cotton field.
(b) Because he was afraid that she would turn him in to the Sheriff for having abused her.
(c) Becaues the whipping marks on Patsey's back made her appear rebellious.
(d) Because Patsey had a reputation of being lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the likely thought type that raised the level of respect for Marshall among those who lived in Bayou Bœuf after he killed the man from Natchez?

2. How did Solomon view Bass to be in relation to his lifestyle?

3. What was the nature of the meetings that Bass held with Solomon with regard to restoring his freedom?

4. For what reason did Epps give Solomon what turned out to be his last whipping?

5. What was the reason upon which Solomon based his bellief that Bass had left Marksville quietly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 20 of the book, how did Samuel Bass manage to carry out his effort to help Solomon regain his freedom despite Epps' presence?

3. In Chapter 15 of the story, what type of festivities did the slaves in Bayou Bœuf enjoy at Christmastime?

4. What could cause trouble for the slaves weighing the cotton that they had picked at the plantation run by Epps in Chapter 13 of the book?

5. 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?

6. In Chapter 14 of the book, how did the slaves manage to add variety to the food that was available to them to eat on a daily basis?

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

8. In Chapter 15 of the story, what were some of the everyday things that Solomon and the other slaves did not miss at Christmastime?

9. In Chapter 13 of the story, how did Epps show little concern if any when Solomon fell ill?

10. 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?

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