Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Twelve Years a Slave Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of reputation did Solomon maintain while living in Saratoga Springs?
(a) Hardworking and respectable.
(b) Educated and hardworking.
(c) Trustworthy and educated.
(d) Clean-cut and respectable.

3. In general, how did Solomon view slave owner William Ford's position with regard to his views on religion and slavery?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Understandable.
(c) Firm.
(d) Puzzling.

4. What was it about Samuel Bass that first directed Solomon's rescuers to him?
(a) The fact that he was very approachable.
(b) The fact that he knew Solomon.
(c) The fact that he was an abolitionist.
(d) The fact that he was a vefriendly fellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Author Northrup, what disturbed the peace around the Epps plantation?

3. Because it appeared that both the slaves and the white folks would put their differences aside at Chrismastime, what was the common denominator that encouraged both groups to do that?

4. In one word, describe the type of work that Edwin Epps' slave driver did for him.

5. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?

(see the answer key)

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