Twelve Years a Slave Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Overall, Epps comes across as being what type of person? (from Chapters 16-20)

Selfish but polite.

Quiet and reserved.

Selfish and cruel.

Temperamental and boastful.

2.

In what order do the events listed take place in Solomon's life? (from Chapters 1-5)

He starts his own business, works hard, saves money, and gets married.

He saves money, starts his own business, gets married, and works hard.

He gets married, works hard, saves money, and starts his own business.

He works hard, starts his own business, gets married, and saves money.

3.

How do people in the South make money at the time that Solomon is sold to Edwin Epps? (from Chapters 11-15)

By catching runaway slaves.

By turning in slave dealers.

By catching possums.

By raising pigs.

4.

Which of the following can be used to describe the men who try to defend Burch at his trial regarding the enslavement of Solomon? (from Chapters 21-22)

Questionable.

Honest.

Lazy.

Scholarly.

5.

What circumstances allow Solomon Northrup to be born a free man? (from Chapters 1-5)

Solomon has been born in Canada, and his family has migrated to the United States.

Solomon's mother is a free woman.

Solomon's father is a free man.

Solomon is born after the United States Civil War.

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